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 2002

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The Decision of African American Students to Complete High School: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior, Larry Davis, Icek Ajzen, Jeanne Saunders, and Trina Williams

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The United Way of Greater St. Louis Individual Development Account Pilot Program, Margaret Clancy, Mark Schreiner, and Mark Sherraden

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Understanding Service: Words in the Context of History and Culture, Natasha Menon, Amanda Moore McBride, and Michael Sherraden

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Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern & Poor White Women, Naomi Farber and Julie Miller-Cribbs

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Welfare Recipiency and Savings Outcomes in Individual Development Accounts, Min Zhan, Michael Sherraden, and Mark Schreiner

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What Do Individual Development Accounts Cost? the First Three Years at CAPTC, Mark Schreiner

Research from 2001

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Advancing Community Development and Public Policy Through an MIS-Enhanced Network, Elizabeth Johnson, James Hinterlong, Michael Sherraden, and Amanda Moore

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A Framework of Asset-Accumulation Stages and Strategies, Sondra Beverly, Amanda Moore, and Mark Schreiner

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A History of Progressive-Era School Savings Banking, 1870-1930, Ashley Cruce

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Assets and the Poor: Implications for Individual Accounts and Social Security, Michael Sherraden

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Assets, Health, and Well Being: Neighborhoods, Families, Children and Youth, Deborah Page-Adams, Edward Scanlon, Sondra Beverly, and Tom McDonald

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Child Well-Being Outcomes and Measures: Implications for Research on a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Jane Mosely

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Civic Service: Issues, Outlook, Institution Building, Michael Sherraden

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College Savings Plans: Implications for Policy and for a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Margaret Clancy

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Costs of IDAs and Other Capital-Development Programs, GuatTin Ng

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Creating Community in a United States City: Bangladeshi Women Share Their Immigrant Experiences, Lisa Young Larance and Rubena Malik

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Depression and Poverty Among African-American Women at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Mary de Groot, Wendy Auslander, James Herbert Williams, Michael Sherraden, and Debra Haire-Joshu

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Developing Transnational Social Policy: A North American Community Service Program, Margaret S. Sherraden

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Experience in the American Dream Demonstration: Lessons for Monitoring in a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, and Mark Schreiner

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Family Assets for Independence in Minnesota, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner, Margaret Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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Family Structure and Behavior: Implications for Research on a CYSAPD, Trina Williams Shanks

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Financial Education and Savings Outcomes in Individual Development Accounts, Margaret Clancy, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Mark Schreiner

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Financial Education in a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration: Issues and Options, Sondra G. Beverly and Margaret Clancy

IDA State Policy Guide: Advancing Public Policies in Support of Individual Development Accounts, Karen Edwards

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Inequality and Child Well-Being: Implications for Research, Trina Williams Shanks

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Management Information System for Individual Development Accounts: a Feasibility Study, Lissa Johnson

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Maximizing Internal and External Validity: Recommendations for a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Sondra Beverly and Michael Sherraden

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Measuring Savings, Mark Schreiner

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Philanthropy in the 21st Century, Susan Berresford

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Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges, Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong, and Michael Sherraden

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Rapid Assets: Individual Development Accounts, Good Faith Fund

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Saving, IDA Programs, and Effects of IDAs: A Survey of Participants, Amanda Moore, Sondra Beverly, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Lombe, Esther Y. N. Cho, Lissa Johnson, and Rebecca Vonderlack

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Saving in IDA Programs, Michael Sherraden

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Savings and Asset Accumulation in Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, Jami Curley, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Min Zhan, and Sondra Beverly

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Savings Deposits, Incentive Structure, and Management Information Systems: Implications for Research on a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, and Mark Schreiner

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Service and the Human Enterprise, Michael Sherraden

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Service Learning and Older Adults, Melinda Carden

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Strategies for Creating MIS Technology to Improve Social Work Practice and Research, Elizabeth Johnson, James Hinterlong, and Michael Sherraden

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The Impact of Microenterprise Assistance Programs: A Comparative Study of Program Participants, Non-Participants and Other Low Wage Workers, Cynthia Sanders

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Toward a Theory of Financial Savings and Child Well-Being: Implications for Research on a Children and Youth Savings Account Policy Demonstration, Edward Scanlon

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Toward a Universal and Progressive Asset-Based Domestic Policy, Michael Sherraden

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Women and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and Prospects for Heifer Projects, Fred Ssewamala

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Women, Microfinance, and Savings: Lessons and Proposals, Rebecca Vonderlack and Mark Schreiner

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Youth Service as Strong Policy, Michael Sherraden

Research from 2000

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A Framework for Financial Benefit-Cost Analysis of Individual Development Accounts at the Experimental Site of the American Dream Demonstration, Mark Schreiner

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Asking Questions Well: The Role Of Theory in Applied Social Research, Michael Sherraden

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Asset Accumulation for the Poor? A View From the Right, Richard Nadler

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Asset Based Policies for the Poor: A View From the Left, Jared Bernstein

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Asset Building Policy and Programs for the Poor, Michael Sherraden

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Assets and the Poor: Evidence From Individual Development Accounts, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy, Lissa Johnson, Jami Curley, Min Zhan, Sondra Beverly, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss