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Center for Social Development Research

2012

Financial capability

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My Path: An Innovative Initiative To Increase Financial Capability Among Economically Vulnerable Youth, Vernon Loke, Margaret Libby, Laura Choi Oct 2012

My Path: An Innovative Initiative To Increase Financial Capability Among Economically Vulnerable Youth, Vernon Loke, Margaret Libby, Laura Choi

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My Path: An Innovative Initiative to Increase Financial Capability Among Economically Vulnerable Youth


Financial Knowledge And Attitudes Of Youth In Ghana, Gina A. N. Chowa, Mathieu R. Despard, Isaac Osei-Akoto Jul 2012

Financial Knowledge And Attitudes Of Youth In Ghana, Gina A. N. Chowa, Mathieu R. Despard, Isaac Osei-Akoto

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Financial Knowledge and Attitudes of Youth in Ghana


Financial Knowledge And Child Development Account Policy: A Test Of Financial Capability, Jin Huang, Yunju Nam, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden Mar 2012

Financial Knowledge And Child Development Account Policy: A Test Of Financial Capability, Jin Huang, Yunju Nam, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden

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This study examines how study participants’ financial knowledge and participation in a Child Development Account (CDA) intervention affect 529 College Savings Plan account holding among caregivers of infants. The study uses data from the SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment (SEED OK, N=2,51), a statewide randomized experiment using a probability sample of infants selected from birth records. SEED OK is a policy test of universal and progressive CDAs that encourage families to accumulate assets for their children’s future. Results of logit regression show that participants’ financial knowledge is positively related to the account holding in the treatment group, but not in …