At its core, GFLEC is an academic center and a key aim of ours is to encourage the expansion of academic research in our field as well as encourage more academics to join in this valuable work. On this dedicated page, you will find relevant financial literacy and financial well-being research that could help you with your own research.
Initiatives
Data
Education
Special Journal Issues
“Theme Collection: Financial Literacy”
Numeracy
Volume 6, Issue 2 | June 2013
“Financial Literacy around the World”
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Volume 10, Issue 4 | October 2011
Further Research
Events
The inaugural Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute invites the best researchers from around the world to present their financial education research that is in progress. In addition to presentations by scholars, we have a poster session dedicated to the work of PhD students.
This joint initiative of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and GFLEC brings together academics, practitioners, policy makers, and other experts to present and discuss cutting-edge research on financial literacy. The seminars are open to the public.
The National Financial Capability Study (NFCS) is an ongoing, multi-year project aimed at monitoring and better understanding financial capability in America. The NFCS was first conducted in 2009 and then repeated every three years. GFLEC and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation co-hosted the release of the 2012 and 2015 data.
Organized by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD)’s International Network on Financial Education (INFE), this event addresses cutting-edge policy issues and research ideas to advance the global financial literacy agenda.
SSRN Financial Literacy eJournal
GFLEC has created and continues to edit the first Financial Literacy eJournal.