Chang-Geon Han

This study examines whether participation in Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) provides low‐income participants with significant accumulation in assets beyond matched savings. Using a longitudinal experimental research design, the study tests whether the experiment affects accumulation in five types of assets: liquid assets, other financial assets, total financial assets, real assets, and total assets. Results show that the experimental and control groups do not differ to a statistically si

By combining stakeholder theory and activity theory, this study examines the dynamic relationships among wealth, volunteering, and self-esteem of older adults. This study uses latent growth curve modeling (LGCM) to capture the longitudinal patterns of self-esteem across four waves of data from the Americans’ Changing Lives (ACL) Study. As time-varying variables, the longitudinal trajectories of volunteering hours and self-esteem are analyzed. As time-invariant independent variables, the authors

Using a survey of 200 low- to moderate-income households in Singapore, this study analyzes how changes in economic resources (in particular assets) are associated with family strains and family functioning. Key findings of this study are as follows: 1) a majority of the sample experienced reduced economic resources; 2) a reduction of savings increased family strain; 3) households experiencing decreases in savings have lower levels of family functioning measured by family social support and famil

Using longitudinal data collected at the Tulsa Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) program, this study aims to examine to what degree unemployment and accompanying financial hardship are associated with savings in Individual Development Accounts. Of 328 participants in the IDA program, 89 (27%) participants experienced unemployment during the 4-year demonstration period. Participants who experienced unemployment during the demonstration period were more likely to perceive financial hardship.

Abstract Asian countries have implemented inclusive asset-based policies. Using a theoretical framework, this study evaluates the extent to which the asset-based policies in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan are inclusive. The framework of ‘inclusiveness’ of asset-based policy has four components such as universal, progressive, life-long, and adequate. The study found that, compared to asset-based policies in Korea and Taiwan, those in Singapore have strengths in universality and life-long feature. H

AbstractAssets have the potential to influence marital happiness and satisfaction. Using the two waves of the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women & Families (KLoWF), this study examines the extent to which assets, debts (negative assets) and their changes are related to a wife's marital happiness and relation satisfaction with her husband, controlling for the socio-economic characteristics of the wife. This study found that financial assets, real assets and their changes have significant associa

이 연구는 사회적기업 아카데미 프로그램과 사회적기업가 정신의 변화와 어떠한 상관관계를 가지고 있는가를 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 또한 사회적 기업가 정신과 연관 요인으로 자기의식, 시민의식, 복지태도의 변화를 검토하고 있다. 이 논문은 2012년 S 사회적기업 아카데미에서 두 달간 진행되었던 사회적기업 아카데미 프로그램에 대한 사례연구의 결과를 보고하고 있다. 참여자의 사회경제적 특징, 사회적기업가 정신, 자기의식, 시민의식, 복지태도로 구성된 조사 질문지를 개발하여, 프로그램의 첫 주와 마지막 주에 조사를 실시하였다. 두번의 조사에서, 최종적으로는 55명이 응답하였다. 주요 연구 결과는 프로그램 참여자들 이 사회적기업가 정신, 자기의식, 시민의식, 복지태도에서 긍정적인 변화가 없었다는 것이다. 특히, 사회적기업가 정신의 주요한 측정변수인 새로운 시장에 대한 흥미는 연구 기간동안 유의미하게 감소하였다. 이 논문은 사회적기업 아카데미 프로그램의 향후 방향에 대한 논의를 제시하며 마무리

This study explores psychosocial factors related to the use of home modification among older adults with disabilities and their caregivers in Korea. Using in-depth interviews, this study elaborates specific socio-cognitive factors leading to home modification from the multiple perspectives of care recipients, family caregivers and home care helpers. The study findings are theoretically organised into four domains: structural factors, care recipients’ service needs, socio-cognitive factors, and e

This study explores how Malay older husbands giving care to their wives in Singapore respond to these roles through coping strategies and social support. This study uses in-depth interviews with five Malay older husbands whose wives are homebound because of dementia and kidney problems. Key findings suggest that husbands report low caregiver burden or strain. However, all the participants report that they do not take time off from their caregiving roles because they have no other immediate sourc

Abstract This exploratory study aimed to identify the extent to which a nationwide cash transfer programme, The Straits Times' School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF), was associated with the education performance of children from low-income families in Singapore. Data were collected from 400 pairs of parents and children of SPMF, 172 school reports, and 35 in-depth interviews. Descriptive and correlation analyses were run. We found that SPMF may be a supporting factor in helping children stay in school