Income volatility

US – Income volatility is the result of broad shifts in the labor market

The lack of access to stable, predictable cash flows is the hard-to-see source of much of today’s economic insecurity. We came to understand this after analyzing the U.S. Financial Diaries (USFD), an unprecedented study to collect detailed cash flow data for U.S. households. From 2012 to 2014 we set up research sites in 10 communities across the country. The USFD research … Continue reading →