Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Washington University in St. Louis
Financial Behaviors: Nudges and Habits

Michal Grinstein-Weiss is the Brown School’s Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor and Director of the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.  While engaged at CSD, her research focused on asset building with an emphasis on behavioral economics. 

Faculty profile


CSD Projects

American Dream Policy Demonstration (ADD)

American Dream Policy Demonstration (ADD)

Asset Building

This is the first large-scale demonstration of Individual Development Accounts, with approximately 2,400 accounts opened at 13 sites across the country. 

Refund to Savings (R2S)

Refund to Savings (R2S)

Financial Behaviors

Our experiments measure the effect of interventions informed by behavioral economics that seek to increase saving at tax time.

Employee Financial Wellness Programs

Employee Financial Wellness Programs

Financial Behaviors

Through research, we assess whether such programs offer a promising strategy for building financial security among workers.

Israel: Asset Building Policy and Child Development Accounts

Israel: Asset Building Policy and Child Development Accounts

Global Asset Building

We work with the Israeli government to develop an asset-building policy of national Child Development Accounts.