Impacts of Child Development Accounts on Parenting Practices: Evidence from a Randomised Statewide Experiment

Is it possible to influence parenting by introducing Child Development Accounts into a family? This study presents results from a statewide randomized experiment with 2,704 primary caregivers and their children in Oklahoma. Analyses using structural equation modeling suggest that the presence of Child Development Accounts in a home significantly reduces punitive practices.

This article was published as part of “Inclusive Child Development Accounts: Toward Universality and Progressivity,” a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. The issue builds upon contributions to the International Symposium on Inclusion in Asset Building: Policy Innovation and Social Impacts, which was convened at the National University of Singapore in 2017.

Project: SEED for Oklahoma Kids