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691 documents found

Turning good intentions into actions: experimental results summary

Experimental study to assess the effect of delay on taking action, the importance of offering persuasion as well as advice, and the effects of ‘financial personality’ attributes.

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Year of publication 2007

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Measured Outcomes

Topics

  • Saving
  • Credit
  • Financial capability

Country

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

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)

Levels of financial capability in the UK: Results of a baseline survey prepared for the FSA

Qualitative questionnaire development and quantitative survey of financial capability of UK adults, commissioned by the FSA, conducted by the Personal Finance Research Centre, University of Bristol.

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Year of publication 2006

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

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

Country

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

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Parents and families
  • Older adults (65+)

The importance of financial education: OECD policy brief

Identifying ways for EU member countries to improve financial literacy through financial education in the face of the growing complexity of financial services markets.

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Year of publication 2006

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

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

The Incharge financial distress and financial wellbeing scale

This article details the process used to establish validity and reliability for a newly developed instrument measuring financial distress and financial well-being.

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Year of publication 2006

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Debt
  • Mental Health

Country

  • USA

Population Group

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

Toynbee Hall & Island Advice Centre's 'Services Against Financial Exclusion'

Face-to-face programme aiming to increase clients' longer-term financial inclusion and capability through debt advice.

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Year of publication 2006

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Measured Outcomes

Topics

  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Gender/women
  • Ethnicity

The impact of workplace financial education

An evaluation of the impact of a half day financial education session on a sample of insurance company employees.

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Year of publication 2005

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Measured Outcomes
  • Causality

Topics

  • Financial wellbeing at work
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • USA

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)

Financial stress, pay satisfaction and workplace performance

A survey of employees at different branches of the same insurance company in the United States, exploring the relationship between financial stress and workplace outcomes.

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Year of publication 2004

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Mental Health
  • Financial wellbeing at work

Country

  • USA

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)

Financial education and retirement savings

Effect of financial education seminars on stated retirement goals and planned behavior of staff at educational institutions and other non-profit organisations in eight US locations.

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Year of publication 2003

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Measured Outcomes
  • Causality

Topics

  • Saving
  • Pensions and retirement
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • USA

Population Group

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

The role of information and social interactions in retirement plan decisions

A randomised experiment to explore the role of information and social interactions in employees’ decisions to enrol in a Tax Deferred Account (TDA) retirement plan within a large university.

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Year of publication 2002

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Measured Outcomes
  • Value for money
  • Causality

Topics

  • Pensions and retirement
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • USA

Population Group

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

Attitudes towards investing in cryptocurrencies

Research by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) into consumers’ awareness, understanding and attitudes towards cryptocurrencies.`

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Saving
  • Financial capability

Country

  • United Kingdom

Population Group

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