Working Papers

Curley, J. (2005). Rural America: Historical overview (CSD Working Paper No. 05-53). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Curley, J., Ssewamala, F., & Sherraden, M. (2005). Institutions and savings in low-income households (CSD Working Paper No. 05-13).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams Shanks, T. R. (2005). The Homestead Act of the nineteenth century and its influence on rural lands (CSD Working Paper No. 05-52). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Hockett, R. (2005). Whose ownership? Which society? (CSD Working Paper No. 05-28). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Grinstein-Weiss, M.,  Wagner, K., & Edwards, K. (2005). Diffusion of policy innovation: The case of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) as an asset-building policy (CSD Working Paper No. 05-08). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Miller, K. K., &  Dabson, B. (2005). Age as asset: The contribution of youth and retirees to rural well-being (CSD Working Paper No. 05-50). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Zhan, M., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2005). Educational status and savings performance in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 05-30). St. Louis, MO:  Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Reid, C. K. (2005). Achieving the American dream? A longitutinal analysis of the homeownership experiences of low-income households (CSD Working Paper No. 05-20). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Dabson, B. (2005). Enhancing the value of the rural experience through improved connectivity (CSD Working Paper No. 05-49). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Grinstein-Weiss, M., Wagner, K., & Ssewamala, F. (2005). Saving and asset accumulation among low-income families with children in IDAs (CSD Working Paper No. 05-09). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schumacher, J., &  Ulmer, A. (2005). Examples of successful wealth building in rural areas (CSD Working Paper No. 05-48). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Putnam, M., & Tang, F. (2005). Asset-building programs for people with disabilities in rural areas: Including independent living and and long-term care planning education (CSD Working Paper No. 05-47). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams Shanks, T. R. (2005). African-American: Building the country, losing the land (CSD Working Paper No. 05-43). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Henson, E., Lee, A., &  Nathan, L. (2005). Rural wealth building: Native Americans (CSD Working Paper No. 05-42). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Nadeau, E. G.,  & Howard, E. (2005). Mutual wealth in rural America (CSD Working Paper No. 05-46).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Pritzker, S., & McBride, A. M. (2005). Service-learning and civic outcomes: From suggestive research to program models (CSD Working Paper No. 05-12). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M., & Daftary, D. (2005). International service: History and forms, pitfalls and potential (CSD Working Paper No. 05-10).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Scanlon, E., & Adams, D. (2005). In-depth interviews with SEED youth: Profiles of participants in a pilot study (CSD Working Paper No. 05-25). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Ssewamala, F., & Curley, J. (2005). Increasing life chances for orphaned children in Africa: Testing an asset-based development strategy (CSD Working Paper No. 05-01). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Miller, K. K. (2005). Immigrants in rural America: Finding a foothold, creating a home (CSD Working Paper No. 05-44). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Morrow-Howell, N., Sherraden, M., McBride, A. M., Hinterlong, J., Rozario, P., & Tang, F. (2004). An agenda on productive aging: Research, policy, and practice (CSD Working Paper 04-33). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development

Sanders, C. K., & Schnabel, M. (2004). Organizing for economic empowerment of battered women: Women’s Savings Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 04-15). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M., Sherraden, M. S., & Pritzker, S. (2004). Civic engagement among low-income and low-wealth families: In their words  (CSD Working Paper No. 04-14). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sherraden, M. S., Williams Shanks, T., McBride, A. M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2004). Overcoming poverty: Supported saving as a household development strategy (CSD Working Paper No. 04-13). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M.,  Pritzker, S.,  Daftary, D., &  Tang, F. (2004). Youth service: A comprehensive perspective (CSD Working Paper No. 04-12). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Zhan, M., &  Schreiner, M. (2004). Saving for post-secondary education in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 04-11). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Morrow-Howell, N., & Tang, F. (2004). Youth service and elder service in comparative perspective (CSD Working Paper No. 04-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Lesorogol, C. K. (2004). Asset building through community participation: Re-stocking pastoralists following drought in northern Kenya (CSD Working Paper No. 04-09). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M. (2004). Measuring saving (CSD Working Paper No. 04-08). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams, T. R. (2004). The impacts of household wealth on child development (CSD Working Paper No. 04-07). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M., Ng, G. T., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Cost-effectiveness in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 04-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M. (2004). Support for microenterprise as asset-building: Concepts, good practices, and measurement (CSD Working Paper No. 04-06). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M. (2004). Match rates, Individual Development Accounts, and saving by the poor (CSD Working Paper No. 04-02). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Ssewamala, F. M., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Integrating savings into microenterprise programs for the poor: Do institutions matter? (CSD Working Paper No. 04-05). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Grinstein-Weiss, M., Zhan, M., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Saving performance in Individual Development Accounts: Does marital status matter? (CSD Working Paper No. 04-01). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Grinstein-Weiss, M., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Racial differences in performance in a matched savings program (CSD Working Paper No. 04-04). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Cheng, L. (2003). Developing family development accounts in Taipei: Policy innovation from income to assets (CSD Working Paper No. 03-09). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Curley, J., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2003). A comparative analysis of rural and urban saving performance in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 03-08). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Zhan, M. (2003). Savings outcomes of single mothers in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 03-07). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M., Lombe, M., & Beverly, S. G. (2003). The effects of Individual Development Account programs: Perceptions of participants (CSD Working Paper No. 03-06). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams, T. R. (2003). Asset-building policy as a response to wealth inequality: Drawing implications from the Homestead Act (CSD Working Paper No. 03-05). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Pandey, S. (2003). Assets effects on women: A study of urban households in Nepal (CSD Working Paper No. 03-04). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Boshara, R. (2003). Federal policy and asset building (CSD Working Paper No. 03-03). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sherraden, M. S., Ssewamala, F. M., & Sanders, C. K. (2003). Microenterprise performance: A comparison of experiences in the United States and Uganda (CSD Working Paper  No. 03-16). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Porterfield, S. L., & Winkler, A. E. (2003). The struggle to make ends meet: Teen employment and the 1996 federal welfare legislation (CSD Working Paper No. 03-02). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Boddie, S. C. (2003). Faith-based organizations and the sharing of social responsibility: Comparing the community programs of African American, interracial, and white congregations (CSD Working Paper No. 03-15). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Porterfield, S. L., & Tracey, C. M. (2003). Disentangling the dynamics of family poverty and child disability: Does disability come first? (CSD Working Paper No. 03-1). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Morrow-Howell, N., Hinterlong, J., Sherraden, M., Tang, F., Thirupathy, P., & Nagchoudhuri, M. (2003). Institutional capacity for elder service (CSD Working Paper No. 03-14). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M., Benítez, C., & Danso, K. (2003). Civic service worldwide: Social development goals and partnerships (CSD Working Paper No. 03-13). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Yadama, G. N., & Menon, N. (2003). Fostering social development through civic and political engagement: How confidence in institutions and agency matter (CSD Working Paper No. 03-12). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Collier-Tenison, S. (2003). Economic factors in intimate partner conflict and violence (CSD Working Paper No. 03-11). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Midgley, J. (2003). Assets in the context of welfare theory: A developmentalist interpretation (CSD Working Paper No. 03-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Gal, R., Amin, K., Fleischer, N., & Strichman, N. (2003).  Volunteers of national youth service in Israel: A study on motivation for service, social attitudes and volunteers’ satisfaction (CSD  Working Paper  No. 03-23).  Zichron Yaakov, Israel: Carmel Institute for Social Studies and Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Miller, D. J. (2003). Everything you own belongs to the land: Land, community, and history in Tillery, North Carolina (CSD Working Paper No. 03-22). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Grinstein-Weiss, M., & Curley, J. (2003). Individual Development Accounts in rural communities: Implications for research (CSD Working Paper No. 03-21). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

McBride, A. M., Lombe, M., Tang, F., Sherraden, M., & Benítez, C. (2003). The knowledge base on civic service: Status and directions (CSD Working Paper No. 03-20).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Freedman, R. (2003). The Oregon Children’s Development Account story (CSD Working Paper No. 03-19). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Patel, L. (2003). Social development in a society in transition (CSD Working Paper No. 03-18). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Beverly, S. G., Romich, J. L., & Tescher, J. (2003). Linking tax refunds and low-cost bank accounts: A social development strategy for low-income families? (CSD Working Paper No. 03-17). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams, T., Davis, L., Miller-Cribbs, J., Saunders, J., & Williams, J.H. (2002). Friends, family and neighborhood: Understanding academic outcomes of African American youth (CSD Working Paper No. 02-6). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Davis, L., Ajzen, I., Saunders, J., & Williams, T. (2002). The decision of African American students to complete high school: An application of the theory of planned behavior (CSD Working Paper No. 02-5). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Davis, L., Saunders, J., Johnson, S., Miller-Cribbs, J., & Williams, T. (2002). Predicting positive academic intentions among African American males and females (CSD Working Paper No. 02-4). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sherraden, M., Schreiner, M., & Beverly, S. (2002). Income, institutions, and saving performance in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 02-3). St. Louis, MO:  Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M., & Sherraden, M. (2002). Drop-out from Individual Development Accounts: Prediction and prevention (CSD Working Paper No. 02-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Zhan, M., & Sherraden, M. (2002). Effects of mothers’ assets on expectations and children’s educational achievement in female-headed households (CSD Working Paper No. 02-9). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Zhan, M., Sherraden, M., & Schreiner, M. (2002). Welfare recipiency and savings outcomes in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 02-8). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Cruce, A. (2002). School-based savings programs, 1930–2002 (CSD Working Paper No. 02-7). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Saunders, J., Davis, L., Williams, T., & Miller-Cribbs, J. (2002). Gender differences in self-perceptions and academic outcomes: A study of African American high school students (CSD Working Paper No. 02-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Menon, N., Moore, A., & Sherraden, M. (2002). Understanding service: Words in the context of history and culture (CSD Working Paper No. 02-01). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Farber, N., & Miller-Cribbs, J. (2002). Violence in the lives of rural, southern & poor white women (CSD Working Paper No. 02-11). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sherraden, M. (2001). Youth service as strong policy (CSD Working Paper No. 01-12). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7BP028N

Ssewamala, F. M. (2001). Women and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and prospects for Heifer projects (CSD Working Paper No. 01-11). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sherraden, M. S. (2001). Developing transnational social policy: A North American community service program (CSD Working Paper No. 01-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

De Groot, M., Auslander, W., Williams, J. H., Sherraden, M., & Haire-Joshu, D. (2001). Depression and poverty among African-American women at risk for Type 2 diabetes (CSD Working Paper No. 01-9).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Ng, G. T. (2001). Costs of IDAs and other capital-development programs (CSD Working Paper No. 01-8). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sanders, C. (2001). The impact of microenterprise assistance programs: A comparative study of program participants, non-participants and other low wage workers (CSD Working Paper No. 01-7). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Johnson, E., Hinterlong, J., Sherraden, M., & Moore, A. (2001). Advancing community development and public policy through an MIS-enhanced network (CSD Working Paper No. 01-4). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Vonderlack, R. M., & Schreiner, M. (2001). Women, microfinance, and savings: Lessons and proposals (CSD Working Paper No. 01-5). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Cruce, A. (2001). A history of Progressive-Era school savings banking, 1870–1930 (CSD Working Paper No. 01-3). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

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Clancy, M., Grinstein-Weiss, M., & Schreiner, M. (2001). Financial education and savings outcomes in Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 01-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Beverly, S. G., Moore, A., & Schreiner, M. (2001). A framework of asset-accumulation stages and strategies (CSD Working Paper No. 01-1). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Feagin, J. (2000). Documenting the costs of slavery, segregation, and contemporary discrimination: Are reparations in order for African Americans? (CSD Working Paper No. 00-10). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Beverly, S. G., Tescher, J., & Marzahl, D. (2000). Linking tax refunds and low-cost bank accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 00-19). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Smeeding, T. (2000). The EITC and USA’s/IDA’s: Maybe a marriage made in heaven (CSD Working Paper No. 00-18). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Moore, A., Beverly, S. G., Sherraden, M., Sherraden, M. S., Johnson, L., & Schreiner, M. (2000). Saving and asset-accumulation strategies used by low-income individuals (CSD Working Paper No. 00-17). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M. (2000). The material conditions for microenterprise in the United States and the third world (CSD Working Paper No. 00-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Schreiner, M., Sherraden, M., Clancy, M., Johnson, L., Curley, J., Zhan, M., … Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2000). Assets and the poor: Evidence from Individual Development Accounts (CSD Working Paper No. 00-16). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Caskey, J. (2000). Reaching out to the unbanked (CSD Working Paper No. 00-15). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Stegman, M., Faris, R., & Gonzalez, O. (2000). The impacts of IDA programs on family savings and asset-holdings (CSD Working Paper No. 00-14). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Hogarth, J. M., & Lee, J. (2000). Use of financial services and the poor (CSD Working Paper No. 00-13). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Haveman, R., & Wolff, E. (2000). Who are the asset poor? Levels, trends, and composition, 1983–1998 (CSD Working Paper No. 00-12). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Sahn, D., & Stifel, D. (2000). Assets as a measure of household welfare in developing countries (CSD Working Paper No. 00-11). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Williams, T. (2000). The Homestead Act: A major asset-building policy in American history (CSD Working Paper No. 00-9). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Scanlon, E., & Page-Adams, D. (2000). Homeownership and youth well-being: An empirical test of asset-based welfare (CSD Working Paper No. 00-8). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Shapiro, T., & Johnson, H. (2000). Assets, race, and educational choices (CSD Working Paper No. 00-7). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chiteji, N., & Hamilton, D. (2000). Family matters: Kin networks and asset accumulation (CSD Working Paper No. 00-6). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Spilerman, S. (2000). The impact of parental wealth on living standards in Israel (CSD Working Paper No. 00-5). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Midgley, J. (2000). Assets in context of welfare theory: A developmentalist interpretation (CSD Working Paper No. 00-04). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Miller-Cribbs, J., Davis, L., Cronen, S., & Johnson, S. (2000).  Listening to African-American students: An exploratory analysis of factors that foster academic success (CSD Working Paper No. 00-1).  St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.