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Asset Building and Child Development: A Policy Model for Inclusive Child Development Accounts

Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Trina R. Shanks, Youngmi Kim
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2021, 7 (3) 176-195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.3.08
Jin Huang
aProfessor in the Saint Louis University School of Social Work, United States
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Michael Sherraden
bGeorge Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at the Brown School at Washington University, United States
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Margaret M. Clancy
cPolicy director and director of the SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment at Washington University, United States
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Sondra G. Beverly
dSenior scholar in the Center for Social Development at Washington University, United States
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Trina R. Shanks
eHarold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Director of Community Engagement at the University of Michigan, United States
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Youngmi Kim
fAssociate professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
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Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Trina R. Shanks, Youngmi Kim
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