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Item Details
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STRIVING TO SAVE
CREATING POLICIES FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES |
| By: |
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Amanda Moore McBride, Sondra G. Beverly |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0472117122 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780472117123 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 February, 2010 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Examines savings in eighty-four working families with low incomes, including fifty-nine families who participated in a program of matched savings and financial education. This book concludes with recommended public policy approaches for increasing savings in households that are striving to save. |
| Synopsis: |
This book is about the struggles of low-income families trying to build savings accounts. In "Striving to Save", Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Amanda Moore McBride examine savings in eighty-four working families with low incomes, including fifty-nine families who participated in a groundbreaking program of matched savings and financial education. In-depth interviews with these families, along with savings and survey data, shed light on saving in low-income households. The book concludes with recommended public policy approaches for increasing savings in households that are striving to save. |
| Illustrations: |
20 tables, 2 figures |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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