The SEED for Oklahoma Kids Experiment: Initial Account Opening and Savings
The SEED for Oklahoma Kids Experiment: Initial Account Opening and Savings
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The SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment (SEED OK) is a large-scale study of universal Child Development Accounts (CDAs) with randomly-selected new-born children in the state. SEED OK aims to investigate the policy innovation of giving every child an account at birth and test whether participation has an impact on family attitudes and behaviors, saving for the child, and child development outcomes. Participants in SEED OK were randomly assigned to a treatment group or a control group.