Using a financial education curriculum for teens

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Varcoe, Karen P ^a   Martin, Allen ^b   Devitto, Zana ^a   Go, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and money; Financial curriculum; Financial literacy; Teen finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953798461     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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