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

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Racial Pride and Religiosity Among African American Boys: Implications for Academic Motivation and Achievement, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Terrinieka T. Williams, and Tabbye T. Chavous

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Reconsidering the Role of Social Disadvantage in Physical and Mental Health: Stressful Life Events, Health Behaviors, Race, and Depression, Briana Mezuk, Jane Rafferty, Kiarri N. Kershaw, Darrell L. Hudson, Cleopatra Abdou, Hedwig Lee, William W. Eaton, and James S. Jackson

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Research Summary: Universal Accounts at Birth: Results From SEED for Oklahoma Kids, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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Reversing Extreme Inequality, Laura Lein, Jennifer L. Romich, and Michael Sherraden

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School and Peer Influences on the Academic Outcomes of African American Adolescents, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Lorena Estrada-Martinez, Rosa J. Colin, and Brittni D. Jones

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Social Work's Response to Poverty: From Benefits Dependence to Economic Self-Sufficiency, Lauren B. Gates, Jennifer Koza, and Sheila H. Akabas

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Sociocultural Influences on Gambling and Alcohol Use Among Native Americans in the United States, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, JW Welte, GM Barnes, MC Tidwell, and P Spicer

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Strengthening the Social Response to the Human Impacts of Environmental Change, Susan P. Kemp, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Marleen Wong, Kristen Wagner, Lisa Reyes Mason, Iris Chi, Paula Nurius, Jerry Floersch, and Andreas Rechkemmer

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Student Debt and Hardship: Evidence From a Large Sample of Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana Perantie, Samuel Taylor, Michael Grinstein-Weiss, Terri Friedline, and Ramesh Raghavan

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Support for a Tax-Time Savings Policy: Interest in Deferring Tax Refunds With Matched Incentives, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Tax Abatement in Saint Louis: Reforms Could Foster Equitable Development, Claire DeWind, Jennifer Dickey, Ellen O'Neill, and Molly W. Metzger

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Testing Universal Child Development Accounts: Financial Impacts in a Large Social Experiment, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Michael Sherraden, and Jin Huang

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The Burden of Student Debt: Findings From a Survey of Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Mathieu R. Despard, Samuel H. Taylor, Dana C. Perantie, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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The Excluded: An Estimate of the Consequences of Denying Social Security to Agricultural and Domestic Workers, David Stoesz

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The Impacts of Individual Development Accounts, Assets, and Debt on Future Orientation and Psychological Depression, William M. Rohe, Clinton Key, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mark Schreiner, and Michael Sherraden

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The Protective Role of Religious Involvement in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents’ Experiences of Racial Discrimination, Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Pamela P. Martin, Nikeea Copeland-Linder, Eleanor K. Seaton, Niki Matusko, Cleopatra H. Caldwell, and James S. Jackson

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The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Position and Depression Among a US Nationally Representative Sample of African Americans, Darrell L. Hudson, Harold W. Neigbors, Arline T. Geronimus, and James S. Jackson

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The Role of Health Insurance in the Financial Lives of Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, Stephen P. Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Toward a Culturally Informed Rehabilitation Treatment Model for American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans, Molly Tovar, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, and Julia Stevenson

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Toward Culturally Sensitive Financial Education Interventions With Latinos, Liza Barros Lane and Suzanne Pritzker

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Training Social Workers and Human Service Professionals to Address the Complex Financial Needs of Clients, Jodi Jacobson Frey, Karen Hopkins, Philip Osteen, Christine Callahan, Sally Hageman, and Jungyai Ko

Underachievement and Success of African American Males in School Settings: Integrating Critical Race and Ecological Perspectives, Pamela P. Martin

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Unmarried Mothers and Children's Social-Emotional Development: The Role of Child Development Accounts, Jin Huang, Youngmi Kim, Michael Sherraden, and Margaret M. Clancy

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Using Self-Regulated Learning to Increase Native American College Retention, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, Kelly H. Ahuna, Christine Gray Tinnesz, and Carol VanZile-Tamsen

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“We Routinely Borrow to Survive”: Exploring the Financial Capability of Income-Poor People in India, Mahasweta M. Banerjee

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“White Box” Epidemiology and the Social Neuroscience of Health Behavior Change: The Environmental Affordances Model, Briana Mezuk, Cleopatra M. Abdou, Darrell Hudson, Kiarri N. Kershaw, Jane A. Rafferty, Hedwig Lee, and James S. Jackson

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Youth Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal, Lissa Johnson, YungSoo Lee, David Ansong, Margaret S. Sherraden, Gina Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Li Zou, Michael Sherraden, Moses Njenga, Joseph Kieyah, Issac Osei-Akoto, Sharad Sharma, Jyoti Manandhar, Catherine Rodriguez Orgales, Frederico Merchán, and Juan Saavedra

Research from 2015

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A Decade of International Volunteering From the United States, 2004 to 2014, Benjamin Lough

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Adopting a Financial Capability and Asset Building Curriculum at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Michael Rochelle, Gena McClendon, Melody Brackett, Michael Wright, and Margaret Sherraden

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

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Asset-Based Policy in China: Applied Projects and Policy Progress, Li Zou, Baorong Guo, Suo Deng, Jin Huang, Minchao Jin, and Michael Sherraden

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

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Asset-Based Policy in South Korea, Youngmi Kim, Li Zou, Soyoon Weon, Michael Sherraden, and Jin Yong Choi

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Beyond Ferguson: Empowering Low-Income People to Build the Future of Their Communities, Dorothy Stoneman

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Beyond Improved Access: Seasonal and Multidimensional Water Security in Urban Philippines, Lisa Reyes Mason

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Building Children's Assets in Singapore: The Beginning of a Lifelong Policy, Vernon Loke and Michael Sherraden

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Can Child Development Accounts Be Inclusive? Early Evidence From a Statewide Experiment, Sondra G. Beverly, Youngmi Kim, Michael Sherraden, Yunju Nam, and Margaret M. Clancy

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Child Development Accounts and Parental Educational Expectations for Young Children: Early Evidence From a Statewide Social Experiment, Youngmi Kim, Michael Sherraden, Jin Huang, and Margaret Clancy

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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Innovative Solutions for Change, Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition

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College Savings Plans: A Platform for Inclusive and Progressive Child Development Accounts, Margaret M. Clancy, Michael Sherraden, and Sondra G. Beverly

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Community Partner Perspectives of Dukeengage: 2011–2013, Sarita Barton, Amanda Moore McBride, and Jaclyn Demarse Purtell

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Creating a Just and Inclusive America, Xavier Briggs

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Creating Financial Capability in the Next Generation: An Introduction to the Special Issue, Margaret S. Sherraden and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Do EITC Recipients Use Their Tax Refunds to Get Ahead? Evidence From the Refund to Savings Initiative, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana C. Parantie, Jane Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Does Unsecured Debt Decrease Savings? Evidence From the Refund to Savings Initiative, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Jane Oliphant, Blair D. Russell, and Ray Boshara

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Effects of an Individual Development Account Program on Retirement Saving: Follow-Up Evidence From a Randomized Experiment, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Michael Sherraden, William G. Gale, William M. Rohe, Mark Schreiner, Clinton Key, and Jane E. Oliphant

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Environment and Social Development, Lisa Reyes Mason

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Evicting Victims: Reforming St. Louis's Nuisance Ordinance for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Nava Kantor and Molly W. Metzger

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Examining Relationships Between Household Resources and Water Security in an Urban Philippine Community, Lisa Reyes Mason

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Facilitators and Obstacles in Youth Saving: Perspectives From Ghana and Kenya, Li Zou, Sarah Myers Tlapek, Githinji Njenga, Dorcas Opai-Tetteh, and Margaret S. Sherraden