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 2015

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Financial Capability and Asset Building in Social Work Education: “The Big Piece Missing?”, Margaret S. Sherraden, Julie Birkenmaier, Michael Rochelle, and Gena G. McClendon

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Financial Capability and Asset Development: Research, Education, Policy, and Practice, Julie Birkenmaier, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Jami C. Curley

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Financial Capability and Asset Holding in Later Life: A Life Course Perspective, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Margaret S. Sherraden, and Michael Sherraden

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Food Insecurity and Financial Access During an Economic Recession: Evidence From the 2008 SIPP, Julie Birkenmaier, Jin Huang, and Youngmi Kim

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

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Head Start Family Financial Capability: 2013–2014 Annual Report of the Asset Project, Jami Curley and Anne S. Robertson

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Homeownership, the Great Recession, and Wealth: Evidence From the Survey of Consumer Finances, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Clinton Key, and Shannon Carrillo

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Housing and Child Well-Being, Kate Marcal and Patrick J. Fowler

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How Do Norms Inform Our Approach to Financial Empowerment?, Camille M. Busette

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Impact of Stranger Violence and Intimate Partner Violence on the Grades of American Indian/Alaska Native Undergraduate College Students, David A. Patterson-Silver Wolf, Jacob Perkins, and Carol Van Zile-Tamsen

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

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Impacts of Financial Inclusion on Youth Development: Findings From the Ghana YouthSave Experiment, Gina Chowa, Rainier Masa, David Ansong, Mat Despard, Shiyou Wu, Deborah Hughes, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Stephanie Afranie, Naa Adjorkor Mark-Sowah, Charles Ofori-Acquah, YungSoo Lee, Lissa Johnson, and Michael Sherraden

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Patterns of Housing Voucher Use Revisited: Segregation and Section 8 Using Updated Data and More Precise Comparison Groups, 2013, Molly Metzger and Danilo Pelletiere

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Food Insufficiency: Evidence From a Statewide Probability Sample, Yunju Nam, Jin Huang, Colleen Heflin, and Michael Sherraden

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Refund to Savings 2013: Comprehensive Report on a Large-Scale Tax-Time Saving Program, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Dana C. Perantie, Blair D. Russell, Krista Comer, Samuel H. Taylor, Lingzi Luo, Clinton Key, and Dan Ariely

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Refund to Savings: Creating Contingency Savings at Tax Time, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Residential Mobility During Adolescence: Even "Upward" Moves Predict High School Dropout, Molly W. Metzger, Patrick J. Fowler, and Bennett Kelberman

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Smart Decarceration: Guiding Concepts for an Era of Criminal Justice Transformation, Matthew W. Epperson and Carrie Pettus-Davis

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Social and Emotional Learning and Social Work in Middle School: A Case Study in Community Partnership, Anne S. Robertson, Amanda Moore McBride, Saras Chung, Allison Williams, and Victoria May

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Starting Early for Financial Success: Capability Into Action [Special Issue], Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Margaret S. Sherraden

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Statement Given in Bridging the Gap: How Prepared Are Americans for Retirement? Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Strategic Directions for Global Research on Volunteering for Peace and Sustainable Development, Vera J. Seelig and Benjamin J. Lough

"Taking the Bank to the Youth:" Impacts on Saving and Asset Building From the Ghana YouthSave Experiment, YungSoo Lee, Lissa Johnson, Michael Sherraden, David Ansong, Isaac Osei-Akoto, and Gina Chowa

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Tax-Time Savings Among Low-Income Households in the $aveNYC Program, Clinton Key, Jenna N. Tucker, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Krista Comer

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The Early Positive Impacts of Child Development Accounts, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret M. Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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The Evolution of International Volunteering, Benjamin J. Lough PhD

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The Management Imperative: Displacement, Dynamics, and Directions Forward for Training Social Workers as Managers, Barry Rosenberg and Amanda Moore McBride

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The Right to Stay Put: City Garden Montessori School and Neighborhood Change, Janine Bologna, Nava Kantor, Yunqing Liu, and Samuel Taylor

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The Scottish Children's Panels as a Catalyst for Civic Engagement and Child Well-Being, Anne Robertson

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The SEED for Oklahoma Kids Child Development Account Experiment: Accounts, Assets, Earnings, and Savings, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret M. Clancy, Jin Huang, and Michael Sherraden

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The University, the Community, and Race, Larry Davis

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The Volunteer Income Tax Preparer's Toolkit: Showing Clients Why Tax Time Is the Right Time to Save, Meredith Covington, Janie Oliphant, Dana Perantie, and Michael Grinstein-Weiss

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Toward Productive Research Agendas in Financial Inclusion, Security, and Development, Michael Sherraden and Margaret S. Sherraden

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Universal Accounts at Birth: Building Knowledge to Inform Policy, Michael Sherraden, Margaret M. Clancy, Yunju Nam, Jin Haung, Youngmi Kim, Sondra G. Beverly, Lisa Reyes Mason, Nora Ellen Wikoff, Mark Schreiner, and Jason Q. Purnell

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Use of Alternative Financial Services Among Low- and Moderate-Income Households: Findings From a Large-Scale National Household Financial Survey, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana C. Perantie, Lingzi Luo, Jane Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

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Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Interventions for Releasing Prisoners, Carrie Pettus-Davis, Matthew Owen Howard, Allison Dunnigan, Anna M. Scheyette, and Amelia Roberts-Lewis

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Voices of Youth, Parents, and Stakeholders: Findings From Case Studies in the YouthSave Project, Li Zou, Sarah Myers Tlapek, Margaret S. Sherraden, John W. Gabbert, Amy Ritterbusch, Ernest Appiah, Dorcas Opai-Tetteh, Githinji Njenga, Joseph Kieyah, Sharad K. Sharma, Jyoti Manandhar, and Manik Maharjan

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Working With Passion, Effecting Change in a Context of Uncertainty, Sandra M. Moore

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

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

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

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Youth Savings Patterns and Performance in Ghana: A Supplementary Report, Lissa Johnson, YungSoo Lee, David Ansong, Gina Chowa, Michael Sherraden, and Isaac Osei-Akoto

Research from 2014

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Asset-Building Policies and Innovations in Asia, Michael Sherraden, Li Zou, Hok-bun Ku, Suo Deng, and Sibin Wang

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Automatic Deposits for All at Birth: Maine's Harold Alfond College Challenge, Margaret M. Clancy and Michael Sherraden

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Baseline Survey of the Third Cohort: A Supplemental Report From the YouthSave Ghana Experiment, Gina Chowa, David Ansong, Rainier Masa, Shiyou Wu, Yalitza Ramos, and Meli Blake Kimathi

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Building a Lifetime of Economic Security: Mobilizing for Change, Center for Social Development

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Does Outstanding Student Debt Reduce Asset Accumulation?, William Elliott, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Ilsung Nam

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Economic Intervention and Parenting: A Randomized Experiment of Statewide Child Development Accounts, Yunju Nam, Nora Wikoff, and Michael Sherraden

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Education Loans and Wealth Building Among Young Adults, Min Zhan and Xiaoling Xiang

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Effects of Child Development Accounts on Early Social-Emotional Development: An Experimental Test, Jin Huang