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 1999

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The Subsidy Dependence Index and Recent Attempts to Adjust It, Mark Schreiner and Jacob Yaron

Research from 1998

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Building Social Capital From the Center: A Village-Level Investigation of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, Lisa Larance

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Factors Influencing African American Youths' Decisions to Stay in School, Larry E. Davis, Sharon Johnson, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Stephen Cronen, and Leslie Scheuler-Whitaker

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Individual, Family and Neighborhood Influences on Teen Childbearing: A Life Options Approach, Leslie Scheuler-Whitaker and Shanta Pandey

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Landholding and Household Development: What Do We Know?, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden

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On the Precipice of Reform: Welfare Spell Durations for Rural, Female-Headed Families, Shirley Porterfield

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The History and Status of Children's Allowances: Policy Background for Children's Savings Accounts, Jami C. Curley and Michael Sherraden

Research from 1997

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Home Mortgage Lending in St. Louis City: An Analysis of 1992 and 1994 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data, Edward Scanlon and Shirley Emerson

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Homeownership and Well-Being Among Blue-Collar Workers, Deborah Page-Adams and Nancy Vosler

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How Can the Poor Save? Theory and Evidence on Saving in Low-Income Households, Sondra Beverly

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Human Capital and Social Work, Sondra Beverly and Michael Sherraden

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

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Mortgage Lending: Is Gender a Factor?, Cynthia K. Sanders, Edwaard Scalon, and Shirley R. Emerson

Research from 1996

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Education, Assets, and Intergenerational Well-Being: The Case of Female Headed Families, Li-Chen Cheng and Deborah Page-Adams

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Homeownership and Its Impacts: Implications for Housing Policy for Low-Income Families, Edward Scanlon

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What We Know About Effects of Asset Holding: Implications for Research on Asset-Based Anti-Poverty Initiatives, Deborah Page-Adams and Michael Sherraden

Research from 1995

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Effects of Assets on Attitudes and Behaviors: Advance Test of a Social Policy Proposal, Gautam N. Yadama and Michael Sherraden