Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households
Asset Building
![](https://csd.wustl.edu/files/2005/01/PoorFinances-z3sgwh.jpg)
In partnership with the Urban Institute, we evaluated existing theoretical and empirical studies of asset building among low-income households and provided findings and a plan for future research to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Funding Partner: Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluations, DHHS
Principal Investigators
![Michael Sherraden](https://csd.wustl.edu/files/2018/04/180627_jaa_michael_sherraden_0006-Cropped-20k98sr-280x386.jpg)
Michael Sherraden
CSD Founding Director,
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
- Email: sherrad@nospam.wustl.edu
Contact
![Lissa Johnson](https://csd.wustl.edu/files/1995/06/lissa-image-olin-280x386.jpg)
Lissa Johnson
CSD Associate Director; Director of Administration and Research;
Co-Director Financial Capability and Asset Building
- Email: ejohnson@nospam.wustl.edu