Samuel Taylor
Washington University in St. Louis, Center for Social Development, Nurtur Center for Health Behavior Change, Research Program Manager
Washington University in St. Louis, Envolve Center for Health Behavior Change, Research Program Manager
Supervisors: Michael Sherraden, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Carrie Pettus-Davis
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of a unique collaboration among partners
from academia and industry, seeks to improve
the financial security of low- and middle-income
(LMI) households by promoting saving of federal tax
refunds. Researchers from Washington University
in St. Louis and Duke University have worked with
Intuit, Inc., the maker of TurboTax software, to
design and test scalable interventions that encourage
tax filers to save a portion of their federal tax
refunds and that streamline the process of depositing
refunds directly to savings vehicles. These computerbased
interventions are low cost and low touch;
that is, only a minimal investment of personnel
is required to deliver the interventions to great
numbers of people.
of a unique collaboration among partners
from academia and industry, seeks to improve
the financial security of low- and middle-income
(LMI) households by promoting saving of federal tax
refunds. Researchers from Washington University
in St. Louis and Duke University have worked with
Intuit, Inc., the maker of TurboTax software, to
design and test scalable interventions that encourage
tax filers to save a portion of their federal tax
refunds and that streamline the process of depositing
refunds directly to savings vehicles. These computerbased
interventions are low cost and low touch;
that is, only a minimal investment of personnel
is required to deliver the interventions to great
numbers of people.