An Introduction to Household Economic Instability and Social Policy

This special issue of Social Service Review presents original research on the determinants and consequences of economic instability, with a focus on the interplay between instability and social policy. To frame that discussion, we define economic instability as repeated changes in employment, income...

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Published in:The Social service review (Chicago) 2017-09, Vol.91 (3), p.371-389
Main Authors: HILL, HEATHER D., ROMICH, JENNIFER, MATTINGLY, MARYBETH J., SHAMSUDDIN, SHOMON, WETHING, HILARY
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child care
Children
Currency instability
Economic well being
Employment
Families & family life
Family income
Family structure
Households
Income
Mobility
Part time employment
Regulation
Social mobility
Social policy
Social services
Stability
Subsidies
Upward mobility
Well being
Workplaces
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Summary:This special issue of Social Service Review presents original research on the determinants and consequences of economic instability, with a focus on the interplay between instability and social policy. To frame that discussion, we define economic instability as repeated changes in employment, income, or financial wellbeing over time, particularly changes that are not intentional, predictable, or part of upward mobility. We also present a conceptual framework for how instability occurs in multiple domains of family life and how social policy has the potential to both buffer and exacerbate instability in employment and family structure. The articles in the volume engage many of these domains, including employment and program instability, and multiple areas of social policy, including workplace regulations and child-care subsidies. They also point to paths for future research, which we summarize in the final section of this introduction.
ISSN:0037-7961
1537-5404
DOI:10.1086/694110