Baby Bonds Research and Resources


Research Articles

Niels Planel
The Case for a Universal Capital Endowment for Youth in the 21st Century
October 2024

Victor Roy, Darrick Hamilton, and Dave A. Chokshi
Health and Political Economy: Building a New Common Sense in the United States
May 6, 2024

Catherine K. Ettman and Sandro Galea
An Asset Framework to Guide Nonhealth Policy for Population Health
May 2, 2024

Jin Huang, Trina R. Shanks, Margaret M. Clancy, William Elliott III, and Michael Sherraden
Wealth Building for All Children: Convergence and Evidence to Support a Nationwide Policy
April 2024

Kathryn E. W. Himmelstein, Alexander C. Tsai, and Atheendar S. Venkataramani
Wealth Redistribution to Extend Longevity in the U.S.
January 29, 2024

Sarah Edwards
The American Opportunity Accounts Act: How Baby Bonds Can Transform The Racial Wealth Gap
Spring 2022

Lia Mitchel and Aron Szapiro
Baby Bonds: Income-Based Program Designs Show Promise for Closing the Racial Wealth Gap (summary)
September 2020

Naomi Zewde
Universal Baby Bonds Reduce Black-White Wealth Inequality, Progressively Raise Net Worth of All Young Adults
November 6, 2019

Darrick Hamilton and William Darity, Jr.
Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?
January 1, 2010


Partner Resources

Oxfam
Baby Bonds: Reducing Economic, Gender, and Racial Inequality
December 10, 2024

Urban Institute
Modeling the Impact of a Federal Baby Bond Program
December 5, 2024

Urban Institute
The Impacts of Diaper Insecurity and Period Product Insecurity: Producing Evidence for the Future
December 3, 2024

National Community Reinvestment Coalition
The Racial Wealth Gap 1992 to 2022
October 2024

Urban Institute
Fact Sheet: Early Life Wealth Building Across the US
September 12, 2024

Urban Institute
Baby Bonds and Child Development Accounts Need to Provide Meaningful Funding Amounts to Make a Difference. Where Could the Money Come From?
June 18, 2024

The Bridgespan Group
Boats for a Rising Tide: How Philanthropy Can Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap
May 2024

Education Leaders of Color
Policy Agenda
May 2024

Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Baby Formula
February 2024

Prosperity Now and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy
A Brighter Future with Baby Bonds: How States and Cities Should Invest in Our Kids
February 2024

Connecticut Voices for Children
Supporting the Economic Well-Being of Connecticut's Families and Children: An Overview of CT Baby Bonds
January 2024

Connecticut Voices for Children
Supporting the Economic Well-Being of Connecticut's Families and Children: An Overview of CT Baby Bonds — Executive Summary
January 2024

Mom and Baby Action Network, March of Dimes
The Mom and Baby Action Network National Equity Framework Guide
2024

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Take Action to Improve Health: Baby Bonds
September 2023

Urban Institute
What Do We Know About Baby Bonds?
August 2023

Connecticut Voices for Children
2023 Legislative Summary
June 2023

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston & John T. Gorman Foundation
The Importance of Wealth to Family Well-Being
May 2023

Aspen Institute
The Case for Early Wealth Building Accounts
March 2023

Prosperity Now 
Baby Bonds: Landmark Legislation to Address the Growing Racial Wealth Divide
February 2023

Urban Institute
The State of Baby Bonds
February 2023

Aspen Institute
Toward A National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
January 2023

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Exploring Baby Bonds as a Tool to Improve Economic Security
September 27, 2022

Urban Institute
Baby Bonds in Context: A Systems Approach to Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
August 3, 2022

Urban Institute
As Baby Bonds Gain Momentum, States Must Grapple with These Four Implementation Questions
July 11, 2022

Prosperity Now 
A Birthright to Capital: Equitably Designing Baby Bonds to Promote Economic and Racial Justice
February 2020