Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households
Asset Building

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
CSD Founding Director,
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
- Email: sherrad@wustl.edu
Contact

Lissa Johnson
CSD Associate Director; Director of Administration and Research;
Co-Director Financial Capability and Asset Building
- Email: ejohnson@wustl.edu