Workplace based financial education is often suggested as a key mechanism for facilitating improvements in financial behavior. Workshops and seminars have been shown to have modest effects on participation in voluntary ...

Financial counseling may be an effective way to improve individuals’ financial behavior and outcomes. However, its impacts have not been adequately studied. Previous studies show weak positive effects of counseling, but ...

Given the shift of responsibility for retirement planning from employers to employees, the growth of 401(k) plans, and the recent financial crisis, assessing the financial literacy of the United States’ population has ...

Financial counseling may be an effective way to improve individuals’ financial behavior and outcomes. However, its impacts have not been adequately studied. Previous studies show weak positive effects of counseling, but ...

With the shifting of responsibility for retirement planning and risk from employers to employees, the growth of 401(k) plans and the recent financial crisis, researchers, policy makers and practitioners have become ...