Striving to save : creating policies for financial security of low-income families / Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Amanda Moore McBride ; with Sondra G. Beverly

Author:: Sherraden, Margaret S.
Published:: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: xi, 323 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: McBride, Amanda Moore, 1971- and Beverly, Sondra G.

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Contents:

Introduction. Saving in Low-Income Households -- Ch. 1. Research on Matched Savings in Low-Income Households -- Ch. 2. Theory and Evidence on Saving in Low-Income Households -- Ch. 3. Setting the Stage: Economic Socialization and Coming-of-Age in a Working-Poor Family -- Ch. 4. Managing Household Finances and Making Ends Meet on a Low Income -- Ch. 5. Problem Debt and Creditworthiness -- Ch. 6. Striving to Save -- Ch. 7. Saving in Individual Development Accounts -- Ch. 8. Saving Strategies in Individual Development Accounts -- Ch. 9. Effects of IDA Program Participation -- Conclusion. Saving Theory, Policy,and Research -- App. A. IDA Participants' Demographics and IDA Saving Experiences -- App. B. Control Respondent Demographic Characteristics.

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ISBN:

9780472117123 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472117122 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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