The Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) is the first university-based, interdisciplinary research centre to focus on:
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Financial security
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Financial capabilities
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Financial inclusion
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Taxation
CHASM has three cross-cutting themes running throughout its research.
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Variations across countries
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The impact of demographic change, including population ageing
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The role of the state, financial services sector, employers, third sector and individuals/families
Current research
Responsibilities, Ethics and the Financial Crisis (2012-2015)
Tom Sorell, Andrew Mullineux, Karen Rowlingson and Lindsey Appleyard
Mind the (Housing) Wealth Gap: Intergenerational justice and family welfare
Dr Beverley Searle
After the Saving Gateway: How can social tenants be helped to save?
Ricky Joseph and Karen Rowlingson
Attitudes to inequality
Karen Rowlingson with Michael Orton of Warwick University and the National Centre for Social Research
Demographic change and housing wealth (DEMHOW)
John Doling
Children and financial capability
Karen Rowlingson and Lindsey Appleyard
Measuring material deprivation amongst pensioners
Steve McKay
Financial exclusion and ethics
Tom Sorell
Women's financial wellbeing pre- and post-retirement
Isabelle Szmigin with Fiona Carmichael and Joanne Duberley