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https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/csd_research/12/

The foundational work on individual wealth building as welfare policy. Sherraden argues that access to savings structures — not just income transfers — is essential for economic mobility.

Hamilton, D. & Darity, W. Jr. (2010). Can «Baby Bonds» eliminate the racial wealth gap in putative post-racial America? The Review of Black Political Economy, 37(3–4), 207–216.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1007/s12114-010-9063-1

Proposes universal development accounts from birth, scaled by family wealth. Shows that structural wealth building reduces inequality more effectively than income transfers alone.

Zewde, N. (2020). Universal baby bonds reduce Black-White wealth inequality, progressively raise net worth of all young adults. The Review of Black Political Economy, 47(1), 3–19.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0034644619885321

Simulation shows that universal capital accounts from birth would reduce the wealth gap by a factor of 10 over 25 years.

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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-do-individual-development-accounts-do-evidence-from-a-controlled-experiment/

The first randomised controlled experiment with individual development accounts. Found that the IDA program increased home ownership by 7 percentage points.

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7409772/

Study of 53,157 Danish workers. Lowest leadership quality yielded 61% higher risk of long-term absence (HR = 1.61). Direct evidence base for investing in public sector leadership.

Clausen, T., Framke, E., Christensen, K. B. et al. (2022). Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33,025 public hospital employees. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 48(7), 549–559.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10539112/

High leadership quality yielded 27% lower risk of long-term absence (OR = 0.73) among Danish hospital employees. Supports the claim that better leadership in healthcare produces measurable results.

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Shows that leaders who support employees' basic psychological needs achieve lower sick leave. Supports emphasis on leadership development over control systems.

Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. Simon & Schuster.

https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/bowling-alone-americas-declining-social-capital/

Systematically documents the decline in social capital and civic engagement. The core argument for physical meeting places that rebuild social networks.

Dolan, P. (2022). Social support, empathy, social capital and civic engagement: Intersecting theories for youth development. Children & Society, 37(3).

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17461979221136368

Links social capital to youth development and civic engagement. Relevant to community centres as arenas for young people.

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https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr192.pdf

Shows that students with some self-financing complete faster. Supports the model of grants as a base plus a progression bonus.

Herbaut, E. & Geven, K. (2024). Effects of performance-based financial incentives on higher education students: A meta-analysis using causal evidence. Educational Research Review, 43.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X24000307

Meta-analysis of 18 randomised trials with 20,286 students. Performance-based grants increase credits earned and improve grades. Direct support for the progression bonus mechanism.

European Commission. (2019). Tax relief for domestic service work (ROT and RUT): Sweden. European Platform Undeclared Work.

https://ec.europa.eu/social/ajax/BlobServlet?docId=21736&langId=en

EU report documenting the effect of Sweden's ROT deduction on formalising undeclared work in the construction industry.