This project investigates financial and material worry across 22 countries using large-scale, nationally representative data. It examines both subjective and objective indicators of financial well-being, identifying how demographic and early-life factors shape experiences of financial insecurity globally.
Researchers
Piotr T. Bialowolski
Kozminski University (Poland), Economics
Dorota Maria Weziak-Bialowolska
Kozminski University (Poland), Economics/Sociology
Poland
Craig Gundersen
Baylor University, Economics
Byron R. Johnson
Baylor University, Institute for Studies of Religion/Sociology
Tyler VanderWeele
Harvard University, Epidemiology / Biostatistics
The Question:
How often do you worry about being able to meet normal monthly living expenses?