Financial literacy and retirement preparedness: Evidence and implications for financial education

Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-44

  Lusardi, Annamaria ^a   Mitchelli, Olivia ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Economics; Finance; Literacy; Mortgage; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649007104     PISSN: 0007666X     EISSN: 0007666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2145/20070104     Document Type: Article

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