Before it’s too late: Take stock of your financial circumstances and plan to reach your goals. Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell shares five ways to improve financial fitness, via Penn Today.…Read More
Before it’s too late: Take stock of your financial circumstances and plan to reach your goals. Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell shares five ways to improve financial fitness, via Penn Today.…Read More
COVID-19 has worsened many retirees’ and near-retirees’ growing debt problems. Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton and Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation, join Prof. Annamaria Lusardi of GFLEC and GWU to discuss how persistent debt is changing the retirement landscape.…Read More
More financial literacy can produce better financial outcomes, as in the new Journal of Pension Economics and Finance Special Virtual Issue on ‘Developments in Financial Literacy,’ with an intro by Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell.…Read More
The 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook provides policy guidelines to strengthen retirement systems post-pandemic. The book launch featured a virtual roundtable discussion including Wharton’s Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell.…Read More
Financial literacy can guard against financial fragility, reports new study by Profs. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton, Annamaria Lusardi of George Washington University, and Robert Clark of NC State Poole College of Management, cited in Report Door.…Read More
Recalibrating retirement planning for our times: Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell interviewed by Robert Powell, Jason Fichtner, & Anna Rappaport, discussing possible solutions. Via Retirement Management Journal.…Read More
Money-back guarantees on pensions cost a lot, especially in these low-return times, report Olivia S. Mitchell, Raimond Maurer, Vanya Horneff, and Daniel Liebler in their study cited in Retirement Income Journal.…Read More
As more Americans are living longer, public-private partnerships can help strengthen their financial security in later life. Co-moderators Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton and Surya Kolluri of Bank of America discuss the 2020 PRC symposium with Wharton Magazine which explored several such partnerships.…Read More
Andrew Yang says boosting financial literacy requires giving people money to invest. But Profs. Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton and Annamaria Lusardi of George Washington University say young people need more than just playing a ‘stock market game’ (see their study). Via Yahoo News.…Read More
People need ever more financial literacy to make smart financial decisions and plan for their futures. The recent Swedish House of Finance ‘Consumer Behavior in Financial Markets’ conference featured leading scholars of household/behavioral finance, including Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell. Video available here.…Read More