INQUIRY. INNOVATION. IMPACT.
Using rigorous research, we create innovations in policy and practices that enable individuals, families and communities to achieve life goals and contribute to society.
Announcing The New CSD!
Increasing Successful Completion of Practical Engineering Diploma Programs
Recent Publications
Access to and Satisfaction with the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program: Differences Across Race, Ethnicity, Income, and Urbanicity among Missouri Residents
“Salt and Eat It or No Salt and Trash It?” Shifts in Support for School Meal Program Flexibilities in Public Comments
Fossil Fuel Wealth for Human Development: CDAs Continue in Kazakhstan with Second Year Deposits
Labor Outcomes of Mortgage Payment Subsidies for Unemployed Homeowners
The National Fund for Children in Kazakhstan
Featured Events
Social Innovation by Natural-Resource Wealth: Kazakhstan’s National Fund for Children
Featured Projects
Workforce Economic Inclusion and Mobility
Income policy
The Workforce Economic Inclusion and Mobility (WEIM) project is designed to comprehensively examine the financial vulnerability of low-wage workers in the U.S. The research will contribute to identifying public and private sector innovations that improve financial security and economic mobility for low-wage workers in the U.S.
SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK)
Asset Building
The SEED OK experiment, which began in 2007, is a large-scale policy test of universal, automatic, and progressive Child Development Accounts. The CDA uses the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan platform.
Financial Capability & Asset Building (FCAB)
Asset Building
We are building a body of evidence in financial capability, defined as both the knowledge to make optimal financial decisions and access to appropriate and beneficial financial services.