Research from 2025
Universal Asset Building: New Social Policy for a New Era, Michael Sherraden, Jin Huang, and Li Zou
Research from 2024
Asset-Building Policy and Black Reparations: Effective Delivery and Wealth Accumulation, Trina R. Shanks, Jin Huang, William Elliott, Haotian Zheng, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden
Child Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Advantaged Accounts Benefiting American Children: Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, William Elliott
Report on a Seminar on Financial Capability and Asset Building Organised for Social Work Practitioners, Augustina Naami, Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Abigail A. Mills, and Abena Ampomah
The National Fund for Children in Kazakhstan, Aytakin Huseynli, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden, and Jin Huang
Wealth-Building for All Children: Convergence and Evidence to Support a Nationwide Policy, Jin Huang, Trina R. Shanks, Margaret M. Clancy, William Elliott III, and Michael Sherraden
Research from 2023
Child Well-Being Policies in Post-Soviet Countries: The Potential of Child Development Accounts, Aytakin Huseynli and Michael Sherraden
My Alfond Grant CDA: Experience From 10 Years of Automatic Deposits for All Maine Newborns, Colleen J. Quint and Margaret M. Clancy
Research from 2022
Child Development Accounts Reach Over 15 Million Children Globally, Li Zou and Michael Sherraden
Financial Capability and Asset Building in Social Work Practice, Michael Sherraden
Financial Facts: SEED OK Child Development Accounts at Age 14, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Mark Schreiner, Jin Huang, and Michael Sherraden
Global Child Development Accounts: A “Moon Shot” to Develop Every Child and the Planet, Michael Sherraden and Li Zou
Policy Design for Child Development Accounts: Parents' Perceptions, Sondra Beverly, Jin Huang, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden
Preparing Social Workers to Improve People’s Finances, Margaret S. Sherraden
Research from 2021
A Long-Term Experiment on Child Development Accounts: Update and Impacts of SEED for Oklahoma Kids, Jin Huang, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden
Building Financial Capability and Assets for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs, Jin Huang and Baorong Guo
FCAB Africa: Advancing Financial Stability, Security, and Well-Being, Center for Social Development
FCAB Africa: Summary of Achievements as of July 2021, Center for Social Development
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps, Johnson Lissa, Margaret S. Sherraden, Gena Gunn McClendon, Julie Birkenmaier, Jodi Frey, Christine Callahan, and Jin Huang
Financial Facts from the SEED for Oklahoma Kids Child Development Account Experiment, Center for Social Development
Financial Outcomes in a Child Development Account Experiment: Full Inclusion, Success Regardless of Race or Income, and Investment Growth for All, Margaret Clancy
Lessons on Policies That Strengthen Household Financial Resilience to Overcome Shocks: A Keynote Address by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia PhD
MI-SEED Investment Funds and Account Growth: Implications for Achieving Higher Rates of Return in CDA Programs, Trina R. Shanks and Patrick Meehan
Redesigning College Savings (529) Plans to Achieve Inclusive Child Development Accounts: A Policy Brief Developed by CDA Experts and Researchers, José Cisneros, Margaret M. Clancy, William Elliott III, Amanda Feinstein, Martha Kanter, Muneer Karcher-Ramos, Clint Kugler, Julie Peachey, Colleen Quint, Thomas M. Shapiro, and Michael Sherraden
Reflections of a Central Bank Governor, Ernest K. Addison
Targeted Deposits in Pennsylvania’s Keystone Scholars Child Development Account Program, Anne Dececco, Julie Peachey, and Margaret M. Clancy
The Case for a Nationwide Child Development Account Policy: A Policy Brief Developed by CDA Experts and Researchers, José Cisneros, Margaret M. Clancy, William Elliott III, Amanda Feinstein, Martha Kanter, Muneer Karcher-Ramos, Clint Kugler, Julie Peachey, Colleen Quint, Thomas M. Shapiro, and Michael Sherraden
Toward Finance as a Public Good, Jin Huang, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Michael Sherraden
Research from 2020
A Framework for Explaining Black–White Inequality in Homeownership Sustainability, Chunhui Ren
Asset-Building Policy in Korea: Innovation for Social Development, Michael Sherraden
Cash Transfers and Health, Sicong Sun, Jin Huang, Darrell Hudson, and Michael Sherraden
Chıld Development Accounts: A Policy Design and Opportunity for Azerbaijan, Aytakin Huseynli, Michael Sherraden, and Daniel Gottlieb
Child Development Accounts in the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from the Great Recession, Michael Sherraden
Financial Capability and Asset Building in Social and Economic Development: Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, David Ansong, Moses Okumu, Jin Huang`, Margaret S. Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, and Li Zou
Insights From State Treasurers: Developing and Implementing Statewide Child Development Account Policies, Chris Leiker, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden
The Financial Capability and Financial Well-Being of Low-Income Entrepreneurs, Jin Huang and Baorong Guo
Research from 2019
A Bill to Create the Bright Futures Plan Task Force: Testimony on H.B. 2389 Before the House Education Committee, Oregon State Legislature, Michael Sherraden
Child Development Accounts at Scale: Sample State Legislation, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden, and Sondra G. Beverly
Essential Policy Design Elements for Statewide Child Development Accounts, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden, and Sondra G. Beverly
Financially Vulnerable Families Reap Multiple Benefits From Child Development Accounts, Jin Huang, Sondra G. Beverly, Youngmi Kim, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden
SEED for Oklahoma Kids Wave 3: Extending Rigorous Research and a Successful Policy Model, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden, and Sondra G. Beverly
Statewide Child Development Accounts and Local Partnerships: A Scalable Model that Can Include All Families, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden, Jim Huang, Sondra G. Beverly, and Youngmi Kim
The Meadowlark Scholarship Act: Testimony on L.B. 544 Before the Education Committee 106th Nebraska Legislature, Margaret Clancy
Research from 2018
Asset Building as Social Investment, Michael Sherraden
A Toolkit for Expanding Financial Capability at Tax Time, Genevieve Davison, Merideth Covington, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen P. Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Child Development Accounts and Saving for College: Mediated by Parental Educational Expectations?, Youngmi Kim, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, and Margaret M. Clancy
Faculty Perspectives on Financial Capability and Asset Building in Social Work Education: A Research Report, Margaret S. Sherraden, Jin Huang, Lissa Johnson, Peter Dore, Julie Birkenmaier, Vernon Loke, and Sally Hageman
Family Assets, Parental Expectations, and Children Educational Performance: An Empirical Examination From China, Shu Fang, Jin Haung, Jami Curley, and Julie Birkenmaier
Financial Capability as Social Investment, Mary Caplan, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Junghee Bae