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Autore |
Sherraden Margaret S |
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Titolo |
Striving to save : creating policies for financial security of low-income families / / Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Amanda Moore McBride with Sondra G. Beverly |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-63879-3 |
9786612638794 |
0-472-02181-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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McBrideAmanda Moore <1971-> |
BeverlySondra G |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Individual development accounts |
Poor - Finance, Personal |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Saving in Low-Income Households -- 1. Research on Matched Savings in Low-Income Households -- 2. Theory and Evidence on Saving in Low-Income Households -- 3. Setting the Stage: Economic Socialization and Coming-of-Age in a Working-Poor Family -- 4. Managing Household Finances and Making Ends Meet on a Low Income -- 5. Problem Debt and Creditworthiness -- 6. Striving to Save -- 7. Saving in Individual Development Accounts -- 8. Saving Strategies in Individual Development Accounts -- 9. Effects of IDA Program Participation -- Conclusion: Saving Theory, Policy, and Research -- Appendixes -- A. IDA Participants' Demographics and IDA Saving Experiences -- B. Control Respondent Demographic Characteristics -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The struggles of low-income families trying to build savings accounts. |
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