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Asset Building Financial Inclusion Report

Inclusion in College Savings Plans: Participation and Saving in Maine’s Matching Grant Program

By CSD • July 1, 2006October 27, 2021

This paper focuses on participants in the NextGen College Investing Plan® Matching Grant Program, an innovation in Maine’s 529 savings plan designed to increase plan participation and post-secondary education savings among low-to-moderate income state resident families. To date, there is little research regarding who benefits from inclusive 529 program features and how effectively these features help participants save. To understand saving among low-to-moderate income individuals in 529s, this study asks three primary research questions:
1. Who is saving in the NextGen® Matching Grant Program?
2. What factors led them to open an account and save in NextGen?
3. What factors are associated with successful saving performance?

Project: Increasing Access to Higher Education: Inclusion in 529 Savings Plans

Citation

Clancy, M., Han, C.-K., Mason, L. R., & Sherraden, M. (2006). Inclusion in college savings plans: Participation and saving in Maine’s matching grant program (CSD Research Report No. 06-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

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2006529Chang-Keun HanInclusion in 529 Savings Plans: Evidence from MaineIndividual Development Account (IDA)Lisa Reyes MasonMargaret Clancymatched savingsMichael Sherraden

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