
Business Economics and Public Policy Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
10-2011
Publication Source
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Volume
10
Issue
4
Start Page
497
Last Page
508
DOI
10.1017/S1474747211000448
Abstract
In an increasingly risky and globalized marketplace, people must be able to make well-informed financial decisions. New international research demonstrates that financial illiteracy is widespread in both well-developed and rapidly changing markets. Women are less financially literate than men, the young and the old are less financially literate than the middle-aged, and more educated people are more financially knowledgeable. Most importantly, the financially literate are more likely to plan for retirement. Instrumental variables estimates show that the effects of financial literacy on retirement planning tend to be underestimated. In sum, around the world, financial literacy is critical to retirement security.
Keywords
financial literacy, retirement planning, cross country analysis
Recommended Citation
Lusardi, A., & Mitchell, O. S. (2011). Financial Literacy Around the World: an Overview. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 10 (4), 497-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474747211000448
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.