Financial Literacy Research Consortium

Annual Conference 2010

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These videos offer the presentations of the first annual conference of the Financial Literacy Research Consortium, entitled New Insights and Advances in Financial Literacy: Translation, Dissemination, Change. The event on Nov. 18 and 19, 2010 brought together scholars from the Consortium to present their work and discuss how programs, educational products, and policies can best promote financial planning and financial security. The event was sponsored by the Social Security Administration and hosted by the Financial Literacy Center (RAND, Dartmouth College, and the Wharton School), with participation from the Center for Financial Literacy (Boston College) and the Center for Financial Security (University of Wisconsin).

 

The conference agenda, presentations, and working papers can be found at the conference website.

* The presentation by Jeff Brown, “Framing Effects and Social Security Claiming Behavior” has not been posted because of technical difficulties with the recording.  It will be re-recorded and posted at a later date.

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Forum for Innovative Results Now Playing

Forum for Innovative Results

Annamaria Lusardi

George Washington School of Business

23:21

Forum for Innovative Results 2 Now Playing

Forum for Innovative Results 2

Alicia H. Munnell

Center for Financial Literacy

16:28

Forum for Innovative Results 3 Now Playing

Forum for Innovative Results 3

J. Michael Collins

Center for Financial Security

17:36

Five Steps to Planning Success Now Playing

Five Steps to Planning Success

Aileen Heinberg

RAND Corporation

13:50

Linking Childhood Experiences to Late Life Financial Literacy Now Playing

Linking Childhood Experiences to Late Life Financial Literacy

Pamela Herd

University of Wisconsin - Madison

13:52

The Psychology of Financial Literacy Now Playing

The Psychology of Financial Literacy

Karen Holden

University of Wisconsin - Madison

17:49

Building Financial Literacy Content in College Courses Now Playing

Building Financial Literacy Content in College Courses

Kim Rheinlander

Dartmouth Colleg

13:55

Managing Your Money in Retirement: A Guide for Retirees Now Playing
Trigger Events: Shaping the Evolution of Post-Retirement Wealth Now Playing

Trigger Events: Shaping the Evolution of Post-Retirement Wealth

Geoffrey Wallace

University of Wisconsin - Madison

15:34

Better Financial Decision Making Among Low-Income and Minority Groups Now Playing
Focus Group Findings on Savings and Education Among Low-Income Populations Now Playing
Keynote Now Playing

Keynote

Michael S. Barr

Department of Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions

24:15

Data Collection and Evaluation Now Playing

Data Collection and Evaluation

Arie Kapteyn

RAND Corporation

15:15

Data Collection and Evaluation: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Now Playing

Data Collection and Evaluation: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Pamela Herd

University of Wisconsin - Madison

11:46

What Makes a Good Website for Financial Literacy Now Playing

What Makes a Good Website for Financial Literacy

Punam Keller

Tuck School, Dartmouth College

11:03

What Focus Groups Tell Us About Financial Literacy and Behavior Now Playing

What Focus Groups Tell Us About Financial Literacy and Behavior

Mathew Greenwald

Mathew Greenwald and Associates

14:14

What Focus Groups Tell Us About Financial Literacy and Behavior 2 Now Playing

What Focus Groups Tell Us About Financial Literacy and Behavior 2

Lisa Szykman and Nicole Montgomery

College of William and Mary

8:53

What Focus Groups Tell Us about Financial Literacy and Behavior 3 Now Playing

What Focus Groups Tell Us about Financial Literacy and Behavior 3

J. Michael Collins

University of Wisconsin - Madison

10:35

Accepting a Lump Sum Payment or Receiving an Annuity at Retirement Now Playing

Accepting a Lump Sum Payment or Receiving an Annuity at Retirement

Robert Clark

North Carolina State University

16:46

Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap in Retirement Savings Plans Now Playing

Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap in Retirement Savings Plans

Amar Parikh

Ariel Investments, LLC

13:08

Returns to Work for Young Adults on SSI Now Playing

Returns to Work for Young Adults on SSI

Mary Daly

Federal Reserve Bank of San Fransico

18:56

Understanding Financial Education and Savings Among Persons with Disabilities and their Caregivers Now Playing
Financial Literacy: What Works? How Could It Be More Effective? Now Playing

Financial Literacy: What Works? How Could It Be More Effective?

William Gale

Brookings Institution

15:20

Harnessing the Power of Technology to Facilitate Learning into Action Now Playing

Harnessing the Power of Technology to Facilitate Learning into Action

Wendy Way

University of Wisconsin - Madison

14:01

Evaluating Workplace Education for New Hires Now Playing

Evaluating Workplace Education for New Hires

Melinda Morrill

North Carolina State University

13:18

Insights From Behavioral Economics Now Playing

Insights From Behavioral Economics

Eric Johnson

Columbia Business School

15:07

The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions Now Playing
Checking Your Financial Health Now Playing

Checking Your Financial Health

Antoinette Schoar

MIT Sloan

16:04

Using Behavioral Economics to Help Households Reduce Debt Now Playing

Using Behavioral Economics to Help Households Reduce Debt

Jonathan Zinman

Dartmouth College

18:39

Defaulting on Yourself: Who Loses at 401k Loans? Now Playing

Defaulting on Yourself: Who Loses at 401k Loans?

Olivia S. Mitchell

Wharton School

11:51

What People Know about Target Date Funds: Survey and Focus Group Evidence Now Playing

What People Know about Target Date Funds: Survey and Focus Group Evidence

Julie R. Agnew

College of William and Mary

13:46

A Review of Financial Advice Models and the Take-Up of Financial Advice Now Playing

A Review of Financial Advice Models and the Take-Up of Financial Advice

J. Michael Collins

University of Wisconsin - Madison

15:41

What Do People Know About Social Security Benefits? Now Playing

What Do People Know About Social Security Benefits?

Mathew Greenwald

Mathew Greenwald and Associates

12:34

Improving the Social Security Statement Now Playing

Improving the Social Security Statement

Andrew Biggs

American Enterprise Institute

17:33

The Importance of Marketing for Financial Literacy Now Playing

The Importance of Marketing for Financial Literacy

Punam Keller

Tuck School, Dartmouth College

20:51

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