Financial literacy and retirement preparedness: Evidence and implications for financial education programs
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- Annamaria Lusardi & Olivia Mitchell, 2006. "Financial Literacy and Retirement Preparedness: Evidence and Implications for Financial Education Programs," Working Papers wp144, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
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Financial and Economics Knowledge; Retirement Seminars; Financial Decisionmaking.;All these keywords.
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- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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