The Outlook for Financial Literacy

Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Olivia S ^a,b   Lusardi, Annamaria ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Counseling; Financial decisionmaking; Financial education; Financial literacy; Retirement; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920419397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199696819.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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