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691 documents found

Green paper: Saving us from ourselves

A green paper produced by the Open University Business School, focusing on how to make the general public more financially resilient and sets out their agenda to increase saving & investing.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Saving
  • Pensions and retirement

Country

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

Population Group

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

Gypsy/Travellers and financial exclusion

A qualitative review commissioned by Shelter Scotland to explore issues of financial capability facing Gypsy/Traveller people in Scotland and to identify best practice in responding to need.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Qualitative

Topics

  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Financial capability

Country

  • United Kingdom
  • Scotland

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Ethnicity

Improving the financial literacy of European consumers

A review of European literature exploring definitions of financial literacy. The review also reflects on European legislation promoting financial literacy among consumers.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Saving
  • Insurance and protection
  • Credit
  • Pensions and retirement
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

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

Increasing youth financial capability: Evaluation of MyPath

An evaluation of a financial education and financial capability programme for 14-18 year olds delivered by MyPath in the United States.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Evaluation:
  • Programme Theory
  • Measured Outcomes

Topics

  • Saving
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • USA

Population Group

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

Insights from Financial literacy and retirement planning in Finland

This paper explores the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning with the first representative financial literacy survey in Finland.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Pensions and retirement
  • Financial capability
  • Financial education

Country

  • Other

Population Group

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

Locating credit and debt within an anti-poverty strategy

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Review:
  • Literature review

Topics

  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Debt
  • Credit

Country

  • United Kingdom

Population Group

  • Parents and families

Managing money and planning for the future: key findings from the 2014 Canadian financial capability survey

Nationally representative 2014 survey commissioned by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada to provide a benchmark on levels of financial well-being and to inform approaches to improving these.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Financial capability

Country

  • Other

Population Group

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

Managing money online – working as well as we think?: A behavioural economics study for the Keep Me Posted campaign

The Keep Me Posted campaign commissioned a study comparing the differential effects of postal and electronic communication on recipients’ financial understanding, decision-making and action.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Quantitative

Topics

  • Financial capability

Country

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

Population Group

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

Mind the gap: consumer research exploring experiences of financial exclusion across the UK

A UK-based study exploring access to financial products and services through qualitative research with experts and with consumers across all demographic groups.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Qualitative

Topics

  • Struggling and squeezed
  • Financial capability

Country

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

Population Group

  • Adults (18-64)
  • Parents and families

Myths and rules of thumb in retirement income

Findings from a UK roundtable discussion, this report seeks to establish how rules of thumb could be helpful for retirees to think about and manage their DC pension pots.

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Year of publication 2015

Evidence type

  • Insight:
  • Qualitative

Topics

  • Pensions and retirement

Country

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

Population Group

  • Older adults (65+)