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 2012

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The Impact of Youth Debt on College Graduation, Min Zhan

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Validity of Infact Race/Ethnicity From Birth Certificates in the Context of U.S. Demographic Change, Lisa Reyes Mason, Yunju Nam, and Youngmi Kim

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Volunteerism for Peace in East Africa, Benjamin Lough and Jacob Mwathi Mati

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We Save, We Go to College., William Elliott III

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Why Policy Makers Should Care About Children's Savings, William Elliott III

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"You Pay Your Share, We'Ll Pay Our Share": The College Cost Burden and the Role of Race, Income, and College Assets, William Elliott and Terri Friedline

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Youth and Saving in Ghana: A Baseline Report From the YouthSave Ghana Experiment, Gina Chowa, David Ansong, Rainier Masa, Mat Despard, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Atta-Ankomah Richmond, Andrew Agyei-Holmes, and Michael Sherraden

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Youth in the Ghana Experiment: Characteristics and Living Conditions, Gina A. N. Chowa, Rainier Masa, and Isaac Osei-Akoto

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Youth-Related Policies, Center for Social Development; Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research; Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis; and New ERA; Universidad de los Andes

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Youth Saving Patterns and Performance in Ghana, Gina A. N. Chowa, Mathieu R. Despard, and Issac Osei-Akoto

Research from 2011

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A Process Model of Children's Savings Indirect Effects on College Progress, William Elliott III, Ilsung Nam, and Toni Johnson

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Asset-Based Policy in China: Applied Project and Policy Progress, Li Zou

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Asset-Based Policy in South Korea, Youngmi Kim, Li Zou, Young Sun Joo, and Michael Sherraden

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Asset Poverty in Urban China: A Study Using the 2002 Chinese Household Income Project, Jin Huang, Minchao Jin, Suo Deng, Baorong Guo, Li Zou, and Michael Sherraden

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Broad and Deep: The Extensive Learning Agenda in YouthSave, Center for Social Development

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Closing the Wealth Gap: Promoting Change by Working Together, Jennifer Heffern and Aja Riley

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College Savings Match Programs: Design and Policy, Terry Lassar, Margaret M. Clancy, and Sarah McClure

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College Success and College Savings Plan Innovations: A Summary of Research, Center for Social Development

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Direct Effects of Assets and Savings on the College Progress of Black Young Adults, William Elliott III and Ilsung Nam

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Direct Effects of Assets and Savings on the College Progress of Black Young Adults, William Elliott III and Ilsung Nam

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Do Child Development Accounts Promote Account Holding, Saving, and Asset Accumulation for Children's Future? Evidence From a Statewide Randomized Experiment, Yunju Nam, Youngmi Kim, Margaret Clancy, Robert Zager, and Michael Sherraden

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Experience Corps: Pathway to New Engagement, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stacey McCrary, Yung Soo Lee, and Amanda McBride

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Experiment in Ghana off to a Good Start, Center for Social Development

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Financial Capabilities of Service Providers: Results of an Online Survey of the Asset-Building Field in Washington State, Vernon Loke

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Gender and Asset Dimensions of Seasonal Water Insecurity in Urban Philippines, Lisa Reyes Mason

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Inquiry, Innovation, & Impact: Report to the Community, Center for Social Development

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International Service and Higher Education: Toward a Vision for the Field, Amanda Moore McBride and Eric Mlyn

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International Volunteerism in Asia, Caroline Brassard

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Participant Satisfaction With the Mission Continues Fellowship Program for Post 9/11 Disabled Veterans, Monica M. Matthieu, Michael J. Pereira, and Ian D. Smith

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Productive Aging Conference Report, Center for Social Development

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Reducing the College Progress Gap Between Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) and High-Income (HI) Young Adults, William Elliott III, Monique Constance-Huggins, and Hyun-a Song

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Reducing the College Progress Gap Between Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) and High-Income (HI) Young Adults: Assets as an Understudied Form of Economic Capital, William Elliott III, Monique Constance-Huggins, and Hyun-a Song

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Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program for Low-Income Households in Seoul (Second-Year Collaborative Research Report), Youngmi Kim, Soonung Lee, and Mihyun Kim

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Social Ecological Constraints to Park Use in Communities With Quality Access, J. Aaron Hipp, Ravikumar Chockalingam, and Deepti Adlakha

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Survey Response in a Statewide Social Experiment: Differences in Being Located and Collaborating by Race and Hispanic Origin, Yunju Nam, Lisa Reyes Mason, Youngmi Kim, Margaret Clancy, and Michael Sherraden

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Taking Stock of Ten Years of Research on the Relationship Between Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Intervention, William Elliott III, Mesmin Destin, and Terri Friedline

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Ten-Year Impacts of Individual Development Accounts on Homeownership: Evidence From a Randomized Experiment, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Michael Sherraden, William Gale, William M. Rohe, Mark Schreiner, and Clinton Key

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The Age Old Question, Which Comes First? a Simultaneous Test of Children's Savings and Children's College-Bound Identity, William Elliott III, Eun Hee Choi, Mesmin Destin, and Kevin Kim

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The Age Old Question, Which Comes First? a Simultaneous Test of Children's Savings and Children's College-Bound Identity, William Elliott III, Eun Hee Choi, Mesmin Destin, and Kevin H. Kim

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The Basic Economic Security Tables for the US Report, Center for Social Development

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The Mission Continues: Engaging Post-9/11 Disabled Military Veterans in Civic Service, Monica M. Matthieu, Ian D. Smith, Amanda Moore McBride, and Nancy Morrow-Howell

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Toward a Children's Savings and College-Bound Identity Intervention for Raising College Attendance Rates: A Multilevel Propensity Score Analysis, William Elliott III, Gina Chowa, and Vernon Loke

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Two Accounts for Why Adolescent Savings Is Predictive of Young Adult Savings: An Economic Socialization Perspective and an Institutional Perspective, William Elliott III, Paul Webley, and Terri Friedline

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Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in People With Aphasia: A Qualitative Approach, Elisa Garcia and Lisa Tabor Connor

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Understanding Geographic Variations in Bmi in India, Ravikumar Chockalingham, Ramesh Raghavan, Jyotsna Agrawal, Gyanesh Lama, Hor Yan Angel Lai, and Guatam Yadama

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"We Try to Create the World That We Want": Intentional Communities Forging Livable Lives in St. Louis, Joshua Lockyer, Peter Benson, Daniel Burton, LeeAnn Felder, Danielle Hayes, Erica Jackey, and Alysa Lerman

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When Effort and Ability Are Not Enough to Reduce the College Enrollment Gap, Does College Savings Help?, William Elliott III

Research from 2010

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Asset Building in the South: Organizations and Services, Gena Gunn, Jennifer Heffern, and Karen Edwards

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Assets and Liabilities, Race/Ethnicity, and Children's College Education, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden

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Assets and Liabilities, Race/Ethnicity, and Children's College Education, Min Zhan and Michael Sherraden