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Financial Literacy : An Essential Tool for Informed Consumer Choice?
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2008
Increasingly, individuals are in charge of their own financial security and are confronted with ever more complex financial instruments. However, there is evidence that many individuals are not well-equipped to make sound saving decisions. This paper demonstrates widespread financial illiteracy...
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Planning and Financial Literacy : How Do Women Fare?
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2008
Many older US households have done little or no planning for retirement, and there is a substantial population that seems to undersave for retirement. Of particular concern is the relative position of older women, who are more vulnerable to old-age poverty due to their longer longevity. This...
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Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation
van Rooij, Maarten - 2007
whether individuals have the financial knowledge and skills to navigate this new financial environment. To better understand … Survey. We have designed questions to measure numeracy and basic knowledge related to the working of inflation and interest … rates, as well as questions to measure more advanced financial knowledge related to financial market instruments (stocks …
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