FinLit News

• A Post-Pandemic Path Forward
• Remaking Retirement
• Gender and Financial Literacy
• Interactive Personal Finance

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• COVID-19 & Retirement Security
• Recent Publications
• Lusardi Interviews Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
• Are Americans Financially Resilient to Weather COVID-19?

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• New Meta-Analysis of Financial Education
• OECD/GFLEC Webinar on the Meta-Analysis
• Karen Vahouny Joins Our Advisory Council
• Measuring Attitudes Toward Debt

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• New Paper on Debt
• Online Seminar on Fragility
• GFLEC Resource Hub
• Fact Sheet Highlights Financial Fragility

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• New Book: Remaking Retirement? Debt in an Aging Economy
• Financial Literacy and Financial Resilience
• Defined Contribution Plans and the Challenge of Financial Literacy
• Debt and Financial Vulnerability on the Verge of Retirement

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• Law Journal Spotlights Finlit
• Lusardi Speaks to CEOs
• New Paper and Book on Debt
• Lusardi Delivers Kahneman Lecture at IAREP/SABE Conference

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• GFLEC Launches Fast Lane
• P-Fin Index: Gaps Persist
• New Zealand Government Honors GFLEC Chair
• CNBC Appoints Lusardi to Financial Wellness Council

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• Study Probes Debt Tolerance
• Lusardi Wins Ketchum Prize
• Lusardi Meets Italian President
• GFLEC Welcomes New Board Members

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• Financial Fragility Persists
• P-Fin Index Shows No Gains
• Cherry Blossom FinEd Institute Draws Top Scholars
• Lusardi Receives Prestigious Award from GW

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• New Paper on Financial Competence
• Italy’s Minister of Economy and Finance Visits GFLEC
• Lusardi Wins Swedish Research Award
• GFLEC West Coast Opens

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• Lusardi to Direct Financial Education Committee in Italy
• New Working Paper on Debt Close to Retirement
• Research Professor Joins GFLEC
• OECD/GFLEC Hold Research Symposium

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• Research Published in the Journal of Political Economy
• Lusardi Leads Workshop at G20 Conference
• Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute
• GFLEC and TIAA Institute Release New P-Fin Index

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• Research: Entrepreneurship among Baby Boomers
• Lusardi Discusses Student Loans on CBS Evening News
• GFLEC’s Board of Advisors
• 3rd Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute

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• The Effect of Financial Education on the Quality of Decision Making
• GFLEC Cohosts Release of the National Financial Capability Study
• 4th IFFM Annual Meeting Held in Mexico City
• Workplace Financial Wellness Webpage Unveiled

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• Featured GFLEC Research: “Older Women’s Labor Market Attachment, Retirement Planning, and Household Debt”
• 2016 Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute
• GFLEC to Co-Host Release of 2015 NFCS
• Nobel Laureate George Akerlof presents at the Financial Literacy Seminar Series

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• Featured Research: “How Financially Literate Are Women? An Overview and New Insights”
• Nine Research Centers Collaborate on EIB Institute Grant
• Lusardi Featured in Vanity Fair Italia
• ING Think Forward Keynote Presentation in Brussels

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• Forthcoming Publication: “Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality”
• GFLEC in Beijing for the 3rd IFFM Annual Meeting and Global Financial Museum Expo
• Call for Papers: Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute
• Findings from the S&P Global FinLit Survey

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• Featured Published Research: “Bankruptcy Rates Among NFL Players”
• 3rd GFLEC/OECD Symposium Focuses on Entrepreneurship
• Lusardi Testifies to U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council
• Forthcoming Publication: “Debt Literacy, Financial Experiences, and Overindebtedness”

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• Featured Published Research: “Risk Literacy.” Study examines risk diversification across countries and age groups.
• Featured Working Paper: “Financial Literacy and Economic Outcomes: Evidence and Policy Implications.” Study examines financial decisions around the world as it relates to financial literacy and policy.
• Entrepreneurship and Financial Education the focus at the GFLEC/OECD symposium on May 7, 2015
• GFLEC and University of Arizona’s Take Charge America Institute to host Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute

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• Featured Research: “Five Steps to Planning Success.” Study explores financial planning concepts related to retirement.
• Featured Report: “Financial Capability Near Retirement: A Profile of Pre-Retirees.” Study examines the presence of long-term debt among individuals close to retirement
• GFLEC and OECD host 2nd Annual Global Policy Research Symposium
• GFLEC and FINRA host screening of Thinking Money documentary

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• Featured Research: “Financial Knowledge and 401(k) Investment Performance.” Study links administrative data on investment performance to financial knowledge.
• GFLEC hosts U.S. Release of the PISA Financial Literacy Assessment
• Lusardi Chairs OECD/INFE Research Committee
• GFLEC researches working women’s financial capability
• Lusardi offers keynote at RAND BeFi Forum
• Invited Session on Financial Literacy at the EEA Meeting in Toulouse

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• Featured Research: “College-Educated Millennials.” Study examines the financial behavior of Millennials, age 23–34.
• GFLEC collaborates with its European Investment Bank Institute grant partners to examine gender differences in financial literacy
• Former Italian Minister of Labor Visits GFLEC
• Lusardi Presents at TEDx Foggy Bottom
• Teaching Personal Finance
• Rai Conference Spotlights the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy

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• Featured Research: “Debt and Debt Management Among Older Households.” Research finds that older individuals (age 56–61 in 2008) neared retirement with much more debt than previous generations.
• Prof. Annamaria Lusardi named a MONEY Hero for her extensive work on financial literacy in the November 2013 issue of Money magazine
• GFLEC Organizes Global Symposium with OECD
• 2nd Global Financial Literacy Summit Spotlights Youth and Retirement Security
• Fall 2013 Financial Literacy Seminar Series
• Lusardi Participates in “No Cash Society” Event

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• Featured Research: “Financial Literacy Theme Collection.” Prof. Annamaria Lusardi edited a collection of financial literacy articles for the July 2013 issue of Numeracy.
• The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy honors Prof. Annamaria Lusardi with the William E. Odom Visionary Leadership Award
• GFLEC Hosts Release of National Financial Capability Study
• GFLEC at NYSE to promote Women and Workplace Financial Education
• Working Paper: “The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy”
• Inaugural Steen Award Given to Lusardi
• Lusardi Testifies to U.S. Senate Subcommittee

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• Featured Research: “Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality.” Paper explores forces shaping financial knowledge accumulation over the life cycle and the degree to which wealth inequality can be attributed to differences in financial knowledge
• Center unveils new name: Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center
• GFLEC Hosts Global Financial Literacy Summit
• OECD PISA Financial Literacy Assessment
• Chairman Bernanke (US Federal Reserve Board) Lectures at George Washington School of Business
• FRB & GFLEC Host Financial Literacy Seminar Series
• GFLEC Studies Effectiveness of High School Program
• Credit Unions Discuss How to Promote Good Financial Choices

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