Financial literacy, financial education, and economic outcomes

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 347-373

  Hastings, Justine S ^a,b   Madrian, Brigitte C ^b,c   Skimmyhorn, William L ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

household finance; personal finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882616855     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-082312-125807     Document Type: Review

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