Impacts of child development accounts on parenting practices: evidence from a randomised statewide experiment

Jin Huang; Yunju Nam; Michael Sherraden; Margaret Clancy

doi:10.1080/02185385.2019.1575270

Impacts of child development accounts on parenting practices: evidence from a randomised statewide experiment

Jin Huang, Yunju Nam, Michael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy

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This study examines the impact of Child Development Accounts (CDAs) on parenting practices of mothers with young children in a statewide randomised experiment conducted in the United States. The experiment included 2704 primary caregivers of children born in Oklahoma during 2007: 1358 were randomly assigned to the treatment group and 1346 to the control group. Structural equation modelling suggests that the punitive-parenting score among treatment participants was.12 standard deviations smaller than that among control participants (p < . 05). Findings indicate that CDAs reduce punitive parenting, and may serve as an additional tool for positive parent–child interactions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-47
Number of pages	14
Journal	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2019.1575270
State	Published - Jan 2 2019

Keywords

Asset building
child development accounts
economic intervention
parenting practices
positive parenting
punitive parenting

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