[PDF] Improving Financial Literacy Analysis Of Issues And Policies eBook

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 2005-11-10
Category :
ISBN : 9264012575

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This book describes the different types of financial education programmes currently available in OECD countries, evaluates their effectiveness, and makes suggestions to improve them.

Author : Julie Birkenmaier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199755957

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This book introduces the concept of financial capability and assembles the latest evidence from ground-breaking innovations with financially vulnerable families, and links it to education, policy, and practice. It is a key resource for those interested in improving financial education and financial products and services for low-income families.

Author : Jing Jian Xiao
Publisher : Springer
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 3319288873

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This second edition of the authoritative resource summarizes the state of consumer finance research across disciplines for expert findings on—and strategies for enhancing—consumers’ economic health. New and revised chapters offer current research insights into familiar concepts (retirement saving, bankruptcy, marriage and finance) as well as the latest findings in emerging areas, including healthcare costs, online shopping, financial therapy, and the neuroscience behind buyer behavior. The expanded coverage also reviews economic challenges of diverse populations such as ethnic groups, youth, older adults, and entrepreneurs, reflecting the ubiquity of monetary issues and concerns. Underlying all chapters is the increasing importance of financial literacy training and other large-scale interventions in an era of economic transition. Among the topics covered: Consumer financial capability and well-being. Advancing financial literacy education using a framework for evaluation. Financial coaching: defining an emerging field. Consumer finance of low-income families. Financial parenting: promoting financial self-reliance of young consumers. Financial sustainability and personal finance education. Accessibly written for researchers and practitioners, this Second Edition of the Handbook of Consumer Finance Research will interest professionals involved in improving consumers’ fiscal competence. It also makes a worthwhile text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in economics, family and consumer studies, and related fields.

Author : Dorothy B. Durband
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1461435048

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College students are particularly vulnerable to making poor financial decisions. One method of addressing personal finances and financial stress among students of higher education is through university based financial education programs. Student Financial Literacy: Program Development presents effective strategies to assist in the implementation or the enhancement of a program as a tool to improve students’ educational experience and financial well-being. It presents the key components of financial education programs designed to address the growing concerns associated with high levels of debt and low levels of financial literacy among college students. “Student Financial Literacy: Campus-Based Program Development is packed with financial education and counseling information and guidance. It was very difficult to write this review as I wanted to share ALL the excellent direction this book provides... The editors and contributing authors have developed an excellent resource for not only those interested in developing or enhancing a campus-based financial education program but also for anyone involved in financial education, counseling, and planning.” -Rebecca J. Travnichek, Family Financial Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 2011-10-27
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ISBN : 9264108211

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This symposium proceedings examines three aspects of financial education: monitoring and evaluation, use of behavioral economics, and financial literacy and defined contribution pension plans.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2013-10-16
Category :
ISBN : 9264202730

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This book provides policy guidance to help policy makers address women's and girls' needs for financial education, and a comprehensive analysis of the current status of knowledge on gender differences in financial literacy and policy responses in terms of financial education for women and girls.

Author : Alicia Puente Cackley
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 16,97 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1437988423

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Efforts to improve consumers¿ financial literacy (FL) have grown in recent years. Currently, hundreds of non-profit, private, and governmental entities provides some form of financial education to Americans. The federal government does not certify or approve organizations in general that provide FL, although the U.S. Trustee Program and the HUD have approval process for FL providers for the purposes of meeting requirements of, respectively, the bankruptcy process and certain housing programs. This report addresses: (1) what is known about which methods and strategies are effective for improving FL; and (2) the feasibility of a process for certifying FL providers. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.