Striving to save : creating policies for financial security of low-income families

Individual development accounts Poor BUSINESS & ECONOMICS sähkökirjat
University of Michigan Press
2010
EISBN 9780472021819
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 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.
Appendixes. Appendix A. IDA participants' Demographics and IDA saving experiences.
Appendix B. Control respondent demographic characteristics.
Notes.
References.
Index.
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 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.
Appendixes. Appendix A. IDA participants' Demographics and IDA saving experiences.
Appendix B. Control respondent demographic characteristics.
Notes.
References.
Index.
