Asset building and low-income families
By: edited by Signe-Mary McKernan and Michael Sherraden.
Contributors: McKernan, Signe-Mary.; Sherraden, Michael W. 1948-
Publisher: Urban Institute Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Individual development accounts; Poor -- Finance, Personal
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Asset definitions / Yunju Nam, Jin Huang, and Michael Sherraden; title: Asset holdings and liabilities / Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan; title: Asset building across the life course / Mark R. Rank; title: Determinants of asset holdings / Sondra Beverly [et al.]; title: Effects of asset tests and ida programs / Yunju Nam, Caroline Ratcliffe, and Signe-Mary McKernan; title: Benefits and consequences of holding assets / Robert Lerman and Signe-Mary McKernan; title: Directions for research / Michael Sherraden and Signe-Mary McKernan; title: Policy implications / Reid Cramer, Michael Sherraden, and Signe-Mary McKernan.