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

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sherraden, Margaret S.
Other Authors: McBride, Amanda Moore, 1971-, Beverly, Sondra G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Individual development accounts.
Poor > Finance, Personal.
Comptes individuels de développement.
Pauvres > Finances personnelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Money Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Budgeting.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 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.

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