All Outputs (5)

Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Wikoff, N. (2022). Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Numeracy, 15(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.15.1.1399

This paper examines the role of numeracy in smoothing financial difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that numeracy was associated with a 30% reduction in late or non-payment of bills and a 20% reduction in the odds of feeling f... Read More about Numeracy and Financial Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Universal accounts at birth: building knowledge to inform policy (2015)
Journal Article
Sherraden, M., Clancy, M., Nam, Y., Huang, J., Kim, Y., Beverly, S., …Purnell, J. (in press). Universal accounts at birth: building knowledge to inform policy. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.1086/684139

Objective: This article summarizes the design, implementation, and early findings of a statewide randomized experiment of Child Development Accounts (CDAs). The SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment (SEED OK) is testing a concept for a universal, progres... Read More about Universal accounts at birth: building knowledge to inform policy.

Material hardship and 529 college savings plan participation: the mitigating effects of Child Development Accounts (2014)
Journal Article
Wikoff, N., Huang, J., Kim, Y., & Sherraden, M. (2015). Material hardship and 529 college savings plan participation: the mitigating effects of Child Development Accounts. Social Science Research, 50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.11.017

Experience of material hardship can adversely affect a family’s ability to make long-term investments in children’s development. We examine whether material hardship is associated with one indicator of such investments: participation in a tax-advanta... Read More about Material hardship and 529 college savings plan participation: the mitigating effects of Child Development Accounts.

Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts (2014)
Journal Article
Nam, Y., Wikoff, N., & Sherraden, M. (2016). Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts. Research on Social Work Practice, 26(4), 339-349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731514555511

Objective:

We examine the effects of Child Development Accounts (CDAs) on parenting stress and practices.
Methods:

We use data from the SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK) experiment. SEED OK selected caregivers of infants from Oklahoma birth cer... Read More about Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parenting Stress: Evidence from a Statewide Sample of New Mothers (2013)
Journal Article
Nam, Y., Wikoff, N., & Sherraden, M. (2015). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parenting Stress: Evidence from a Statewide Sample of New Mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(2), 278-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9833-z

Parenting stress can have long-term effects on parents and children, but little research has been done on racial and ethnic differences. We examine parenting stress among White, Black, American Indian, and Hispanic mothers with infants younger than 9... Read More about Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parenting Stress: Evidence from a Statewide Sample of New Mothers.