The Center for Social Development is broadly engaged in designing and testing social innovations that promote full inclusion, fair treatment, and achievement of one’s full potential. Our research is transdisciplinary and encompasses seven primary areas.

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Research from 2010

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Youth Savings Around the World: Youth Characteristics, Savings Performance, and Potential Impacts, Rainier Masa, Margaret Sherraden, Li Zou, Fred Ssewamala, Lissa Johnson, David Ansong, Gina Chowa, and Michal Sherraden

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Youth Savings in Developing Countries: Trends in Practice, Gaps in Knowledge, Jamie Zimmerman, Jamie M. Zimmerman, David Ansong, Shweta S. Banerjee, Ray Boshara, Gina Chowa, Rani Deshpande, Lissa Johnson, Rainier Masa, Kate McKee, Margaret Miller, Margaret Sherraden, Michael Sherraden, Fred Ssewamala, Thierry Van Bastelaer, Jamie M. Zimmerman, and Li Zou

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Youth Volunteer Service as Positive Youth Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Lissa Johnson, Amanda Moore McBride, Elizabeth Johnson, Rene Olate, and Kathleen O'Hara

Research from 2009

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A Case for Stipends in Volunteer Service, Amanda Moore McBride, Ernest Gonzalez, Nancy Morrow-Howell, and Stacey McCrary

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Account Monitoring Research at Michigan SEED, Vernon Loke, Margaret Clancy, and Robert Zager

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Active Partnerships: Working Together and Working for the Field, Jennifer Heffern, Gena Gun, and Karen Edwards

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A New Approach to Promote Economic Independence Among At-Risk Children: Child Development Accounts (Cdas) in Korea, Yunju Nam and Chang-Keun Han

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A Promising Platform for College Saving, Michael Sherraden

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Asset-Based Policy in Hong Kong: Child Development Fund, Michael Sherraden and Li Zou

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Asset Building Among Native Hawaiians: Lessons From the Kahikū IDA Program, David Rothwell

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Asset Building in Puerto Rico: A Study of Children's Development Accounts in Caguas, Sergio Marxuach

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Assets and Child Well-Being in Developed Countries, Trina Williams Shanks, Youngmi Kim, Vernon Loke, and Mesmin Destin

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Assets and Child Well-Being in Developing Countries: A Research Review, Gina A. N. Chowa, David Ansong, and Rainier Masa

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Assets and Liabilities, Educational Expectations, and Children's College Degree Attainment, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden

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Assets and Liabilities, Educational Expectations, and Children's College Degree Attainment, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden

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Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy, Michael Sherraden

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Assets as a Resource Variable in the Stress Management of Low-Income Families, David Rothwell and Chang-Keun Han

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Child Development Accounts and Saving for Children's Future: Do Financial Incentives Matter?, Lisa Reyes Mason, Yunju Nam, Margaret Clancy, Youngmi Kim, and Vernon Loke

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China Country Assessment for Youth Development Accounts, Li Zou

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City and Community Innovations in CDAs: The Role of Community-Based Organizations, Carl Rist and Liana Humphrey

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College Savings Plans: Investment Options, Safety, and Policy Implications, Margaret M. Clancy and Joe Jovanovich

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Colombia Country Assessment for Youth Development Accounts, Rainier Masa

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Country Assessment: Peru, Johanna Yancari

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Creative Partnerships Between Gear Up and State College Savings Plans: Experience and Policy Potential, Margaret M. Clancy and Rebekah Miller

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Diagnostico de Pais: Colombia [Country assessment: Columbia], Pablo Andrés Dussán López

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Diagnóstico de País: Perú [Country assessment: Peru], Johanna Yancari

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Does Household Food Insecurity Affect Parental Characteristics and Child Behavior?: Evidence From the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Jin Huang, Karen M. Matta Oshima, and Youngmi Kim

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Evaluation of Experience Corps: Student Reading Outcomes, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Stacey McCrary, YungSoo Lee, and Ed Spitznagel

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Evaluation Report of Vital Visionaries: Medical Student and Older Adult Outcomes, Ernest Gonzales and Nancy Morrow-Howell

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Experience Corps: Effects on Student Reading, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Yung Soo Lee, Ed Spitznagel, and Melissa Jonson-Reid

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Experience Corps: Health Outcomes of Participation, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Song-Iee Hong, Stacey McCrary, and Wayne Blinne

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Financial Capability in Children: Effects of Participation in a School-Based Financial Education and Savings Program, Margaret S. Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, Baorong Guo, and William Elliott

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Five Low-Cost Ideas to Help Families Save for College, Margaret M. Clancy and David Newville

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Food Insecurity and Disability: Do Economic Resources Matter?, Jin Huang, Baorong Guo, and Youngmi Kim

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Ghana Country Assessment for Youth Development Accounts, David Ansong

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IDA evaluation handbook: A practical guide and tools for evaluation of pioneering IDA projects, Michael Sherraden, Deborah Page-Adams, Shirley Emerson, Sondra Beverly, Edward Scanlon, Li-Chen Cheng, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Lissa Johnson

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IDAs, Saving Taste, and Household Wealth: Evidence From the American Dream Demonstration, Jin Huang

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Impacts of International Volunteering and Service: Individual and Institutional Predictors, Margaret S. Sherraden, Benjamin J. Lough, and Amanda Moore McBride

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Individual Development Accounts: Creative Savings for Families and Communities, Karen Edwards

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Innovations in Youth Saving and Asset Building Around the World, Rainier Masa

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Investment in Human Development as a Social Development Strategy, Sondra Beverly and Michael Sherraden

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Kenya Country Assessment for Youth Development Accounts, Rainier Masa

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Low-Cost State Innovations to Help Families Save for College, Mark Huelsman and Margaret M. Clancy

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Measuring Volunteer Outcomes: Development of the International Volunteer Impacts Survey, Benjamin J. Lough, Amanda Moore McBride, and Margaret S. Sherraden

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Mei Guo De Zi Chan Jian She: Zheng Ce Chuang Xin Yu Ke Xue Yan Jiu [Asset Building in the US: Policy Innovation and Scientific Research], Michael Sherraden and Li Zou

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Nepal Country Assessment for Youth Development Accounts, Rainier Masa

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Overview of Child Development Accounts in Developing Countries, Jeff Meyer, Rainier D. Masa, and Jamie M. Zimmerman

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Parental Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes, Vernon Loke and Paul Sacco

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Parental Income, Assets, and Borrowing Constraints and Children's Post-Secondary Education, Jin Huang, Baorong Guo, Youngmi Kim, and Michael Sherraden

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Perceived Effects of International Volunteering: Reports From Alumni, Benjamin Lough, Amanda Moore McBride, and Margaret S. Sherraden