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 2016

"All That Glitters Is Not Gold": Social Mobility, Health, and Mental Health Among African Americans, Darrell Hudson

American Indian/Alaska Native Elders, M. Tovar, D. A. Patterson, and l. Jordan

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American Indian/Alaskan Native College Drop Out: Recommendations for Increasing Retention and Graduation, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, and Carol Van Zile-Tamsen

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A Multi-University Economic Capability-Building Collaboration, Shelley Horwitz and Katharine Briar-Lawson

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Annual Report on the ASSET Project's Head Start Family Financial Capability Pilot: 2014–2015, Anne S. Robertson and Jami Curley

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Are Benefits Conferred With Greater Socioeconomic Position Undermined by Racial Discrimination Among African American Men?, Darrell L. Hudson, Kai M. Bullard, Harold W. Neighbors, Arline T. Geronimus, Juan Yang, and James S. Jackson

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A Savings Account for Every Child Born in Israel: Recommendations for Program Implementation, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Meredith Covington, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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Asset Building: Toward Inclusive Policy, Michael Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, Margaret Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret S. Sherraden, Mark Schreiner, William Elliott III, Trina Shanks William, Deborah Adams, Jami C. Curley, Jin Huang, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Yunju Nam, Min Zhan, and Chang-Kuen Han

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Behavioral Interventions to Increase Tax-Time Saving: Evidence From a National Randomized Trial, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Blair D. Russell, William G. Gale, Clinton Key, and Dan Ariely

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Building Financial Knowledge Is Not Enough: Financial Self-Efficacy as a Mediator in the Financial Capability of Low-Income Families, David W. Rothwell, Mohammad N. Khan, and Katrina Cherney

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Case to Cause: Back to the Future, Mimi Abramovitz and Margaret S. Sherraden

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Celebrating Six Decades of Social Work and Advancing Financial Capability and Asset Development, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Margaret S. Sherraden, Jodi Jacobson Frey, Julie Birkenmaier, Christine Callahan, and Gena G. McClendon

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Characteristics and Hardships Associated With Bank Account Ownership Among Refund to Savings Participants, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, Anna deRuyter, and Mathieu R. Despard

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Coming of Age on a Shoestring Budget: Financial Capability and Financial Behaviors of Lower-Income Millennials, Stacia West and Terri Friedline

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Differences in the Clinical Recognition of Depression in Diabetes Patients: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (Distance), Darrell L. Hudson, Andrew J. Karter, Alicia Fernandez, Melissa Parker, Alyce S. Adams, Dean Schillinger, Howard H. Moffet, Jufen Zhou, and Nancy E. Adler

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Do Tax-Time Savings Deposits Reduce Hardship Among Low-Income Filers? A Propensity Score Analysis, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mathieu R. Despard, Shenyang Guo, Blair Russell, Clinton Key, and Ramesh Raghavan

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Estimates of Mental Health Problems in a Vulnerable Population Within a Primary Care Setting, Darrell L. Hudson, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Merriah A. Croston, Melvin S. Blanchard, and Melody S. Goodman

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Ethnic Differences in Financial Outcomes Among Low-Income Older Asian Immigrants: A Financial Capability Perspective, Yunju Nam, Jin Huang, and Eun Jeong Lee

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Exposure to Violence and Achievement Motivation Beliefs: Moderating Roles of Cultural-Ecological Factors, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Tabbye M. Chavous, and Marc A. Zimmerman

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Financial Anxiety in Low- and Moderate-Income Households: Findings From the Household Financial Survey, Stephen P. Roll, Samuel H. Taylor, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Financial Capability and Asset Building: Building Evidence for Community Practice, Julie Birkenmaier, Margaret S. Sherraden, Jodi Jacobson Frey, Christine Callahan, and Anna Maria Santiago

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Financial Capability and Asset Building for All, Margaret S. Sherraden, Jin Huang, Jodi Jacobson Frey, Julie Birkenmaier, Christine Callahan, Margaret Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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Financial Capability and Asset Building in the Curricula: Student Perceptions, Vernon Loke

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Financial Capability in Early Social Work Practice: Lessons for Today, Paul H. Stuart

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Financial Inclusion in China: Use of Credit, Zibei Chen and Minchao Jin

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Financial Knowledge and Behaviors of Chinese Migrant Workers: An International Perspective on a Financially Vulnerable Population, Zibei Chen and Catherine M. Lemieux

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Financial Outcomes in SEED for Oklahoma Kids, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, and Michael Sherraden

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Features of Child Development Accounts in Israel, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Meredith Covington, Megan Brewster, and Jane E. Oliphant

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From Being Unbanked to Becoming Unbanked Or Unbankable: Community Experts Describe Financial Practices of Latinos in East Los Angeles, Larissa A. Padua and Joanna K. Doran

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From Mass Incarceration to Effective and Sustainable Decarceration: Conference Report, Carrie Pettus-Davis and Matthew W. Epperson

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From Mass Incarceration to Smart Decarceration, Carrie Pettus-Davis and Matthew W. Epperson

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Growing Financial Assets for Foster Youths: Expanded Child Welfare Responsibilities, Policy Conflict, and Caseworker Role Tension, Clark M. Peters, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Ann Marie Kuchinski

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Home Delinquency Rates Are Lower Among ACA Marketplace Households: Evidence From a Natural Experiment, Emily A. Gallagher, Radhakrishnan Gopalon, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Stephen P. Roll, and Genevieve Davison

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How the Emerging U.S. Retirement System Magnifies Wealth Inequality, Karl Polzer

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Impact of Disabilities and Other Physical Health Issues on Academic Outcomes Among American Indian and Alaskan Native College Students: An Exploratory Analysis, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, Carol VanZile-Tamsen, Jessica Black, Shanondora M. Billiot, and Molly Tovar

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Impact of the Academic-Social Context on American Indian/Alaska Native Student's Academic Performance, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf and Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes

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Improved Financial Capability Can Reduce Material Hardship Among Mothers, Jin Huang, Yunju Nam, Michael Sherraden, and Margaret M. Clancy

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Increasing Productive Engagement in Later Life, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ernest Gonzalez, Christina Matz-Costa, and Emily A. Greenfield

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International Child Development Accounts, Michael Sherraden, Li-Chen Cheng, Fred M. Ssewamala, Youngmi Kim, Vernon Loke, Li Zou, Gina Chowa, David Ansong, Lissa Johnson, Yung Soo Lee, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Margaret M. Clancy, Jin Huang, Sondra G. Beverly, Yunju Nam, and Chang-Keun Han

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Kinship Foster Care Among African American Youth: Interaction Effects at Multiple Contextual Levels, Anne K. Rufa and Patrick J. Fowler

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Leveraging Tax Time to Build Financial Capability: Research Evidence and Policy Directions, Meredith Covington, Jane E. Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Material Hardship and Children's Social-Emotional Development: Testing Mitigating Effects of Child Development Accounts in a Randomized Experiment, Jin Huang, Youngmi Kim, and Michael Sherraden

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Nudging Youth to Develop Savings Habits: Experimental Evidence Using SMS Messages, Katherine Rodríguez and Juan E. Saavedra

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Page Avenue Health Impact Assessment: Building on Diverse Partnerships and Evidence to Promote a Healthy Community, Christine M. Hoehner, Jodi Rios, Cristina Garmendia, Sabrina Baldwin, Cheryl M. Kelly, Donna-Mae Knights, Gena Gunn McClendon, and Mark Tranel

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Policy Innovation for Children and Families, Mark Greenberg

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Promoting Financial Capability of Incarcerated Women for Community Reentry: A Call to Social Workers, Cynthia K. Sanders

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Race, Life Course Socioeconomic Position, Racial Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health, Darrell L. Hudson, Eli Puterman, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Karen A. Matthews, and Nancy E. Adler

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Racial Discrimination, John Henryism, and Depression Among African Americans, Darrell Hudson

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Racial Disparities in Education Debt Burden Among Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Dana C. Perantie, Samuel H. Taylor, Shenyang Guo, and Ramesh Raghavan

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Racial Disparities in Student Debt: Evidence From the Refund to Savings Initiative, Samuel H. Taylor, Dana C. Perantie, Nava Kantor, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Shenyang Guo, and Ramesh Raghavan