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D-Index
51
Citations
11564
World Ranking
2560
National Ranking
1248

Michael Sherraden publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Sherraden sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 356 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Michael Sherraden D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Sherraden sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Sherraden is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on several subfields including Education, Accounting, Gender Studies, Economics and Econometrics, and Safety Research.

Their scholarly output encompasses a range of topics, notably:

  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Housing Market and Economics

Some recent publications reflecting their research interests include:

  • "Cash Transfers and Health," 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Addressing the Burden of Education Financing in Low and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: The Role of Savings Accounts, Cash Transfers, and Other Income Sources," 2021, Journal of Family and Economic Issues
  • "Effective finance to increase financial well-being for low-income families: Empirical examination and policy implications," 2022, Journal of Consumer Affairs
  • "Experimental Effects of Child Development Accounts on Financial Capability of Young Mothers," 2021, Journal of Family and Economic Issues
  • "Toward Finance as a Public Good," 2021, Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Sherraden include Jin Huang, Margaret Clancy, Margaret S. Sherraden, Sicong Sun, and Trina Shanks.

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Journal of Family and Economic Issues
  • Social Service Review
  • Encyclopedia of Social Work
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Assets and the Poor: New American Welfare Policy

    Michael Sherraden;Neil Gilbert

  • Institutional determinants of saving: implications for low-income households and public policy

    Sondra G Beverly;Michael Sherraden

  • Can the Poor Save?: Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts

    Mark Schreiner;Michael Sherraden

  • Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges

    Nancy Morrow-Howell;James Hinterlong;Michael W. Sherraden

  • Assets, Expectations, and Children’s Educational Achievement in Female‐Headed Households

    Min Zhan;Michael Sherraden

  • Income, Institutions, and Saving Performance in Individual Development Accounts:

    Michael Sherraden;Mark Schreiner;Sondra Beverly

  • Asset Building as a Community Revitalization Strategy

    Deborah Page-Adams;Michael Sherraden

  • Stakeholding: Notes on a Theory of Welfare Based on Assets

    Michael Sherraden

  • Effects of assets on attitudes and behaviors: Advance test of a social policy proposal

    Gautam N. Yadama;Michael Sherraden

  • Do parental assets matter for children's educational attainment?: Evidence from mediation tests

    Youngmi Kim;Michael Sherraden

  • Asset Building Policy and Programs for the Poor

    Michael Sherraden

  • Rethinking Social Welfare: Toward Assets.

    Michael Sherraden

  • Effects of child development accounts on early social-emotional development: an experimental test.

    Jin Huang;Michael Sherraden;Youngmi Kim;Margaret Clancy

  • Building assets from birth: a global comparison of Child Development Account policies

    Vernon Loke;Michael Sherraden

  • Do Child Development Accounts Promote Account Holding, Saving, and Asset Accumulation for Children's Future? Evidence from a Statewide Randomized Experiment.

    Yunju Nam;Youngmi Kim;Margaret Clancy;Robert Zager

  • Assets and liabilities, educational expectations, and children's college degree attainment

    Min Zhan;Michael Sherraden

  • Grand Challenges for Social Work

    Edwina Uehara;Marilyn Flynn;Rowena Fong;John Brekke

  • Ending Social Work's Grudge Match: Problems Versus Strengths

    J. Curtis McMillen;Lisa A. Morris PhD;Michael Sherraden

  • Saving Performance in the American Dream Demonstration: A National Demonstration of Individual Development Accounts

    Mark Schreiner;Margaret Clancy;Michael Sherraden

  • The Forms and Nature of Civic Service: A Global Assessment

    Amanda Moore McBride;Carlos Benítez;Michael Sherraden;Kwofie Danso

  • Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy.

    Edward N. Wolff;Michael Sherraden

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred M. Ssewamala
Fred M. Ssewamala New York University
Nancy Morrow-Howell
Nancy Morrow-Howell Washington University in St. Louis
William M. Rohe
William M. Rohe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard P. Barth
Richard P. Barth University of Maryland, Baltimore
William G. Gale
William G. Gale Brookings Institution
John S. Brekke
John S. Brekke University of Southern California
Karina L. Walters
Karina L. Walters University of Washington
Claudia J. Coulton
Claudia J. Coulton Case Western Reserve University
J. David Hawkins
J. David Hawkins University of Washington
Paula S. Nurius
Paula S. Nurius University of Washington

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