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691 documents found

Britain in the red: The household debt burden

This 2016 report summarises a project that looked at secondary data to track the household debt burden, and in particular the economic impact of consumer borrowing.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Debt
  • Mental Health
  • Credit

Country

  • United Kingdom

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Older adults (65+)

Britain's debt, how much is too much? Policies to encourage savers and support the over-indebted

Analysis of existing evidence to examine household financial resilience for at risk groups in the UK, with policy recommendations to help encourage saving and reduce personal unsecured debt, by ACCA.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Saving
  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Debt
  • Credit
  • Financial education

Country

  • Wales
  • England
  • Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • Northern Ireland

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)

Building blocks to help youth achieve financial capability

Developing a skills-based developmental model of financial capability.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • USA

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Children and young people (18 and under)

Can we predict which consumer credit users will suffer financial distress?

A paper for the FCA based on analysis of the Wealth and Assets Survey, focusing on financial distress in the UK; the links to consumer credit use; & whether financial distress can be predicted.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Debt
  • Credit

Country

  • Wales
  • England
  • Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • Northern Ireland

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Children and young people (18 and under)
  • Older adults (65+)

Core competencies framework on financial literacy (Adult)

This OECD report contains an outcome-based core competencies framework on financial literacy for adults, developed by the OECD/International Network on Financial Education (OECD/INFE).

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Qualitative

Topics

  • Saving
  • Debt
  • Credit
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Children and young people (18 and under)
  • Older adults (65+)

Defining, measuring and predicting financial capability

This report uses the UK Financial Capability Survey to define and measure financial capability in the UK.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Financial capability

Country

  • Wales
  • England
  • Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • Northern Ireland

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Children and young people (18 and under)
  • Older adults (65+)

Does financial education impact financial behaviour and if so, when?

This meta-analysis of 115 financial education evaluations presents 6 key findings for improving the effectiveness of financial education in the future.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Systematic review

Topics

  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Children and young people (18 and under)
  • Older adults (65+)

Eight ways to measure financial health

This 2016 report details how the CFSI has developed eight indicators to measure financial health, aiming to establish a framework that steers the industry focus towards financial health.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Saving
  • Debt
  • Financial capability

Country

  • USA

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Older adults (65+)

Evaluating the Wesley Mission: In charge of my money

Evaluation of the impact of a series of money workshops delivered by The Wesley Mission among people from vulnerable sections of the population.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Programme Theory
  • Measured Outcomes
  • Process Evaluation

Topics

  • Saving
  • Debt
  • Credit
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)

Evaluation of the prepaid card live test

A small-scale ‘proof of concept’ test of the viability of using prepaid cards to make benefit payments to claimants.

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Year of publication 2016

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Process Evaluation

Country

  • England
  • United Kingdom