Financial literacy and retirement planning in Germany

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-584

  Bucher Koenen, Tabea ^a   Lusardi, Annamaria ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D91; East Germany; financial education; Financial sophistication; life cycle savings; retirement planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011528659     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000485     Document Type: Article

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