Factors related to retirement confidence: Retirement preparation and workplace financial education

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Kim, Jinhee ^a   Kwon, Jasook ^a   Anderson, Elaine A ^a  

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Author keywords

Retirement confidence; Retirement preparation; Workplace financial education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449593767     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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