Saving and the Effectiveness of Financial Education

Pension Design and Structure: New Lessons from Behavioral Finance

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lusardi, Annamaria ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial education; Retirement planning households; Retirement seminars; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920078650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199273391.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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