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Financial advisers can play an important role with helping individuals make better financial decisions and improving their financial situations. In this report, the authors review evidence from the research literature about whether working with an adviser improves savings behavior, in general, as well as saving for long-term goals, particularly retirement. While much of the literature provides evidence that individuals who receive professional financial advice are more financially healthy than those who do not, few papers attempt to address the endogeneity concerns of reverse causation, limiting insights into whether advisers are causing improvements in their clients' savings behavior.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Who Receives Advice?
Chapter Three
Do Advisers Influence Clients' Savings Behaviors?
Chapter Four
Other Benefits to Professional Financial Advice
Chapter Five
Who Saves for Retirement?
Chapter Six
Impacts of Workplace Retirement Seminars
Chapter Seven
Summary
This research was undertaken within the Center for Financial and Economic Decision Making (CFED), a part of RAND's Labor and Population research division.
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