Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts
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 certificates using a probability sampling method, ran...
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| author | Nam, Yunju Wikoff, Nora Sherraden, Michael |
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| description | 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 certificates using a probability sampling method, randomly assigned caregivers to the treatment (n = 1,132) or control group (n = 1,098), and provided college savings incentives only to the treatment group. We run regression analyses on a parenting stress scale and six continuous measures of parenting practices.
Results:
There were no significant differences in parenting outcomes between treatment and control groups, with the exception of frequency of screaming at the child. CDAs have more salient effects on American Indians than on other groups.
Conclusions:
We present weak evidence for CDAs’ positive impacts on parenting outcomes. Further research is needed to determine whether these initial results change over time. |
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| spelling | nottingham-465772020-05-04T17:53:58Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46577/ Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts Nam, Yunju Wikoff, Nora Sherraden, Michael 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 certificates using a probability sampling method, randomly assigned caregivers to the treatment (n = 1,132) or control group (n = 1,098), and provided college savings incentives only to the treatment group. We run regression analyses on a parenting stress scale and six continuous measures of parenting practices. Results: There were no significant differences in parenting outcomes between treatment and control groups, with the exception of frequency of screaming at the child. CDAs have more salient effects on American Indians than on other groups. Conclusions: We present weak evidence for CDAs’ positive impacts on parenting outcomes. Further research is needed to determine whether these initial results change over time. Sage 2016-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Nam, Yunju, Wikoff, Nora and Sherraden, Michael (2016) Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts. Research on Social Work Practice, 26 (4). pp. 339-349. ISSN 1552-7581 College savings Quantitative Parenting stress Parenting practices Randomized experiment SEED for Oklahoma Kids Social welfare policy Children http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049731514555511 doi:10.1177/1049731514555511 doi:10.1177/1049731514555511 |
| spellingShingle | College savings Quantitative Parenting stress Parenting practices Randomized experiment SEED for Oklahoma Kids Social welfare policy Children Nam, Yunju Wikoff, Nora Sherraden, Michael Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title | Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title_full | Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title_fullStr | Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title_short | Economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| title_sort | economic intervention and parenting: a randomized experiment of statewide child development accounts |
| topic | College savings Quantitative Parenting stress Parenting practices Randomized experiment SEED for Oklahoma Kids Social welfare policy Children |
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