Vernon Loke
Eastern Washington University
36 Papers
162 Citations
Vernon Loke is an academic researcher from Eastern Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social work & Social policy. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 36 publications. Previous affiliations of Vernon Loke include Federal Reserve System & Washington University in St. Louis.
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Papers
Building assets from birth: a global comparison of Child Development Account policies
Vernon Loke,Michael Sherraden +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the Child Development Account policies in Singapore, Canada, UK and Korea, and the proposed policy in the USA, and discuss the key elements of inclusiveness, progressivity, coherence and integration, and development.
Assets and child well-being in developed countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a framework for an age-based conceptual model that describes how such accounts might influence indicators of child well-being, including direct effects, indirect effects and critical milestones.
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Increasing Youth Financial Capability: An Evaluation of the MyPath Savings Initiative
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of the MyPath Savings pilot on 275 economically disadvantaged youth participating in a youth development and employment program, and found that participants experienced significant increases in financial knowledge, financial selfefficacy, and the frequency with which positive financial behaviors were carried out.
Child Development Accounts and saving for children's future: Do financial incentives matter?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined savings outcomes and the role of financial incentives in a community-based, asset-building program for low and moderate-income children, and found that different incentives have different associations with the two savings outcomes.
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