Sherraden, Margaret S. <br/><br/>
Striving to save :  creating policies for financial security of low-income families / 
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Amanda Moore McBride ; with Sondra G. Beverly. 
 - xi, 323 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: saving in low-income households --  Research on matched savings in low-income households --  Theory and evidence on saving in low-income households --  Setting the stage: Economic socialization and coming-of-age in a working poor family --  Managing household finances and making ends meet on low income --  Problem debt and creditworthiness --  Striving to save --  Saving in individual development accounts --  Saving strategies in individual development accounts --  Effects of IDA program participation --  Conclusion. Saving theory, policy, and research --  Appendix A. IDA participants demographics and IDA saving experiences --  Appendix B. Control respondent demographic characteristics.  Ch.1.  Ch.2.  Ch.3.  Ch.4.  Ch.5.  Ch.6.  Ch.7.  Ch.8.  Ch.9. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0472117122 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472117123 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Individual development accounts<br/>Poor--Finance, Personal.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.0240086942