Financial literacy and pension plan participation in Italy

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-564

  Fornero, Elsa ^a   Monticone, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NETSPAR   (United States)

Author keywords

D91; Financial literacy; pension plan participation; retirement planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011452675     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000473     Document Type: Article

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