Pension Plan Distributions: The Importance of Financial Literacy

Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Clark, Robert L ^a,b,c   Morrill, Melinda S ^a   Allen, Steven G ^a,d,e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Employee Benefit Research Institute   (United States)

^c Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Employee Benefits Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuities; Annuity; Benefit; Distribution; Individuals; Planning; Plans; Retirement; Seminar; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920477323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199696819.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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