Based on a sample of university students, we provide field and laboratory evidence that a small scale training intervention has both a statistically and economically significant effect on subjective and objective assessments of financial knowledge. We show also that the intervention increases...

Longevity crucially affects demand for pensions, insurance products and annuities. Consistent empirical evidence shows that women have historically experienced lower mortality rates than men. In this paper, we study a measure of the gender gap in mortality rates, we call “Gender Gap Ratio”,...

In the United States student loan debt has reached one trillion dollars. The increase in student loan debt correlates with an increase in the number of student loans in default. This study was conducted to determine the financial literacy of college students enrolled in a pre-professional...