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Employee Financial Literacy and Retirement Plan Behavior: A Case Study
June 16, 2016Abstract: This paper uses administrative data on all active employees of the Federal Reserve System to examine participation in and contributions to the Thrift Saving Plan, the System’s defined contribution (DC) plan. We link to administrative records a unique employee survey… Read More »
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EMPLOYEE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RETIREMENT BEHAVIOR: A CASE STUDY
August 06, 2015Abstract: This paper uses administrative data on all active employees of the Federal Reserve System to examine participation in and contributions to the Thrift Saving Plan, the system’s defined contribution (DC) plan. We have appended to the administrative records a unique… Read More »
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USING A LIFE CYCLE MODEL TO EVALUATE FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
July 30, 2015Abstract: Prior studies disagree regarding the effectiveness of financial literacy programs, especially those offered in the workplace. To explain such measurement differences in evaluation and outcomes, we employ a stochastic life cycle model with endogenous financial knowledge accumulation to investigate how financial education programs… Read More »