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
Books
Natalie Foster
The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy
April 2024
Jeff Fuhrer
The Myth That Made Us
September 2023
Dianne Stewart
Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage
October 2020