Financial literacy around the world: An overview

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-508

  Lusardi, Annamaria ^a   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cross country analysis; Financial literacy; retirement planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011476664     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000448     Document Type: Article

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