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 2008

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EITC in Indian Country: Moving Beyond the Safety Net to Asset Building, Kristen Wagner and Amy Locklear Hertel

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Equal Opportunity for All?: Parental Economic Resources and Children's Educational Achievement, Yunju Nam and Jin Huang

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Excluding 529 College Savings Plan Accounts From Oklahoma Public Assistance Asset Limit Tests, Lisa Reyes Mason, Margaret M. Clancy, and Soda Lo

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Experience Corps: Benefits of Volunteering, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Ernest Gonzales, Amanda McBride, Song-Iee Hong, and Wayne Blinne

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Experience Corps: Changes in Activity Associated With Participation, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Song-Iee Hong, and Wayne Blinne

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Experience Corps: Methodology of Member Outcomes Study, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Song-Iee Hong, Wayne Blinne, Emily Dessen, and Cal Halvorsen

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Experience Corps: Stipends, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacy McCrary, Ernest Gonzales, Amanda McBride, Song-Iee Hong, and Wayne Blinne

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Experience Corps: The Volunteer Experience, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Song-Iee Hong, and Wayne Blinne

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Experience Corps: Who Are the Members?, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Ernest Gonzales, Amanda McBride, Song_Iee Hong, and Wayne Blinne

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Exploring Saving Performance in an IDA for People With Disabilities: Some Preliminary Findings, Margaret Lombe, Jin Huang, Michelle Putnam, and Kate Cooney

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Faith-Based Institutions as Project Implementers: An Innovative Economic Empowerment Intervention for Care and Support of Aids-Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Rural Uganda, Fred Ssewamala and Leyla Ismayilova

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Helping People Act on Their Hopes Rather Than Their Fears: Lessons From Non-Enrollees in the SEED Initiative, Trina Williams Shanks, Toni Johnson, and Kerri Nicoll

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Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications, Baorong Guo, Lin Zhang, and Michael Sherraden

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IDAs and Asset-Building Policy: Lessons and Directions, Michael Sherraden

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Matched Savings Initiatives in Hungary and Slovakia: Pilot Projects and Future Directions, David Meier

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Measuring the Impact of a Community Revitalization Program: The Case of Beyond Housing in Pagedale, Missouri, William Winter and William Elliott III

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Parental Assets: A Pathway to Positive Child Educational Outcomes, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Yeong H. Yeo, Kate Irish, and Min Zhan

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Policy Forming Mechanisms in Rural China, Ai-Jun Qiu

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Raising Parent Expectations: Can Wealth and Parent College Accounts Help?, William Elliott III and Kristen Wagner

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SEED for Oklahoma Kids: Demonstrating Child Development Accounts for All Newborns, Michael Sherraden and Margaret M. Clancy

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SEED for Oklahoma Kids: Launch Media Report, Center for Social Development

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Servicio Voluntario Juvenil en Lationamerica y el Caribe Un Estido Regional; resumen ejecutivo [Youth volunteer service in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional assessment; executive summary], Amanda Moore McBride, René Olate, and Lissa Johnson

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Servicio Voluntario Juvenil en Lationamerica y el Caribe Un Estido Regional [Youth volunteer service in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional assessment], Amanda Moore McBride, René Olate, and Lissa Johnson

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Servicio Voluntario Juvenil na America Latina e o Caribe: Um Estudo Regional; Resumo executivo [Youth volunteer service in Latin American and the Caribbean: A regional assesment; executive summary], Amanda Moore McBride, René Olate, and Lissa Johnson

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State 529 Matching Grant Program Summary, Margaret M. Clancy, Lisa Reyes Mason, and Soda Lo

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The Effects of Holding Assets on Social and Economic Outcomes of Families: A Review of Theory and Evidence, Robert Lerman and Signe-Mary McKernan

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The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program in Xinjiang, China, Shifei Zhang

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Volunteerism and NGOs in Latin America: Elements That Enhanced Long-Term Volunteer Retention, Terrance Jantzi, Fiorella Rojas, and Caroline Kroeker-Falconi

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Youth Volunteer Service in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Regional Assessment, Amanda Moore McBride, René Olate, and Lissa Johnson

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Youth Volunteer Service in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Regional Assessment, Amanda Moore McBride, René Olate, Lissa Johnson, Rodrigo Kon, Leandro Bottinnelli, Florencia Cabrera, and Marta Estarellas

Research from 2007

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Assessing Asset Data on Low-Income Households, Caroline Ratcliffe, Henry Chen, Trina R. Williams Shanks, Yunju Nam, Mark Schreiner, Min Zhan, and Michael Sherraden

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Asset-Based Policy in Rural China: An Innovation in the Retirement Social Insurance Program, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Li Zou, and Michael Sherraden

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Asset-Based Policy in Taiwan: Demonstrations and Policy Progress, Li-Chen Cheng

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Asset-Building and Investment in Kenya: Small Pilot Project and Directions, Becky Wachera Gitonga, Kenneth Schultz, Matthew Meyer, and Francis Ngambi

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Asset Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Sustainable Economic Development for Rural Farmers, Gina Chowa

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Asset Building in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China: In-Depth Interviews With Participants in the Hutubi Pilot Study, Li Zou

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Asset Outcomes for Women and Children: A Research Review, Gina Chowa

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Assets Beyond Saving in Individual Development Accounts, Chang-Keun Han, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Michael Sherraden

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Attitudes Toward Institutional Features and Savings in Individual Development Accounts: Latent Class Analysis, Chang-Keun Han and Michael Sherraden

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Building Children's Assets in Singapore: The Post-Secondary Education Account Policy, Vernon Loke and Michael Sherraden

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Can the Poor Save? Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner and Michael Sherraden

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Civic Service Worldwide: Impacts and Inquiry, Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden

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College Expectations Among Young Children: The Potential Role of Savings, William Elliott III, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, Suzanne Johnson, and Signe Peterson

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Do Institutions Really Matter for Saving Among Low-Income Households? a Comparative Approach, Chang-Keun Han and Michael Sherraden

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Domestic Violence, Economic Abuse, and Implications of a Program for Building Economic Resources for Low-Income Women, Cynthia K. Sanders

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Dual Incentives and Dual Asset Building: The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Program in China, Baorong Guo, Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, and Li Zou

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Effects of Participating in an Asset-Building Intervention on Social Inclusion, Margaret Lombe and Michael Sherraden

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Examining Minority and Poor Youth's College Aspirations and Expectations: The Potential Role of College Savings, William Elliott III

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Exploring and Assessing Intercultural Competence, Alvino E. Fantini

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Five-Country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa, Leila Patel, Helene Perold, Salah Elzein Mohamed, and René Carapinha