Gina A N Chowa
Biographic Data
| ID | 367732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gina A N Chowa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gina A N |
| FAMILY NAME | Chowa |
| SIGNATURE | CHOWA G A N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Program design and youth employability outcomes in South Africa
Preventive Policy Strategy for Banking the Unbanked
Concern over percentages of unbanked and underbanked households in the United States and their lack of connectedness to the financial mainstream has led to policy strategies geared toward reaching these households. Using nationally-representative longitudinal data, a preventive strategy for banking households is tested that asks whether young adults are more likely to be banked and own a diversity of financial assets when they are connected to th…
How do student and school characteristics influence youth academic achievement in Ghana? A hierarchical linear modeling of Ghana YouthSave baseline data
The role of child and parent savings in promoting expectations for university education among middle school students in Ghana
Transforming wealth
The effects of parental involvement on academic performance of Ghanaian youth
Personal Financial Problems
Social workers have opportunities to help clients address their financial problems through a variety of practice settings, yet little is known about how they do so. Using qualitative methods and descriptive statistics, we analyzed responses from a survey of social workers and other human service professionals (N = 56). Participants primarily characterized their clients’ financial problems as the result of making poor financial decisions and mostl…
Individual Development Accounts for Housing Policy
Homeownership is a desirable goal for most Americans and is considered an integral part of the American Dream. Empirical studies indicate homeownership has many positive outcomes. However, homeownership is not prevalent among low-income populations. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched savings accounts designed to help the working poor save for a home or other assets. This paper examines the savings outcomes of IDA participants savi…
Transforming wealth
Individual Development Accounts for Housing Policy
Homeownership is a desirable goal for most Americans and is considered an integral part of the American Dream. Empirical studies indicate homeownership has many positive outcomes. However, homeownership is not prevalent among low-income populations. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched savings accounts designed to help the working poor save for a home or other assets. This paper examines the savings outcomes of IDA participants savi…
How do student and school characteristics influence youth academic achievement in Ghana? A hierarchical linear modeling of Ghana YouthSave baseline data
The role of child and parent savings in promoting expectations for university education among middle school students in Ghana
Individual Development Accounts for Housing Policy
Homeownership is a desirable goal for most Americans and is considered an integral part of the American Dream. Empirical studies indicate homeownership has many positive outcomes. However, homeownership is not prevalent among low-income populations. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched savings accounts designed to help the working poor save for a home or other assets. This paper examines the savings outcomes of IDA participants savi…
Personal Financial Problems
Social workers have opportunities to help clients address their financial problems through a variety of practice settings, yet little is known about how they do so. Using qualitative methods and descriptive statistics, we analyzed responses from a survey of social workers and other human service professionals (N = 56). Participants primarily characterized their clients’ financial problems as the result of making poor financial decisions and mostl…
The effects of parental involvement on academic performance of Ghanaian youth
Preventive Policy Strategy for Banking the Unbanked
Concern over percentages of unbanked and underbanked households in the United States and their lack of connectedness to the financial mainstream has led to policy strategies geared toward reaching these households. Using nationally-representative longitudinal data, a preventive strategy for banking households is tested that asks whether young adults are more likely to be banked and own a diversity of financial assets when they are connected to th…
How do student and school characteristics influence youth academic achievement in Ghana? A hierarchical linear modeling of Ghana YouthSave baseline data
The role of child and parent savings in promoting expectations for university education among middle school students in Ghana
Transforming wealth
Program design and youth employability outcomes in South Africa
Psychology (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)