4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 14:22 in Psychology & Sociology

Waltham, MA -- Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential expenses in the face of unemployment.

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