Financial Capability in Children: Effects of Participation in a School-Based Financial Education and Savings Program

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-399

  Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard ^a,b   Johnson, Lissa ^b   Guo, Baorong ^a   Elliott III, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

College savings; Financial capability; Financial education; Financial services; Saving; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961168955     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9220-5     Document Type: Article

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