The outlook for financial literacy
By: Annamaria Lusardi, Olivia S. Mitchell
Contributors: Mitchell, Olivia S.; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 17077; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 17077.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this.  You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email.  As the world becomes more financially integrated and complex, average individuals and their families are increasingly faced with making highly sophisticated and all-too-often irreversible financial decisions.  Nowhere is this more evident than with regard to retirement decision-making.  Indeed, the global financial crisis suggests that poor financial decision-making can have substantial costs not only for individuals but also society at large.  This paper focuses on key lessons for financial decision-making in the wake of that crisis, exploring how financial literacy can enhance peoples' skills and abilities to make more informed economic choices"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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