This paper and brief, authored by Jeremy Burke, J. Michael Collins, and Carly Urban, estimates the causal effect of required high school financial education on the financial well-being of young adults. Financial well-being includes people’s subjective sense of financial management, as well as their confidence in achieving their unique financial goals. This study shows that … Continue reading Newly Released Paper and Brief: Does State-mandated Financial Education Affect Financial Well-being?
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Newly Released Research Brief: Understanding Differences in Financial Well-being Based on Educational Attainment and Gender
With the support of a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation researchers, J. Michael Collins and Carly Urban, conducted a study that examines the financial well-being of young adults through the lens of gender and educational attainment. Using the CFPB's Financial Well-Being Scale, the research contrasts the financial well-being of men and women among … Continue reading Newly Released Research Brief: Understanding Differences in Financial Well-being Based on Educational Attainment and Gender
Webinar: Exploring Social Poverty: A Webinar Discussion of the Impact of Family and Community Ties for Low-Income Populations
On this December 3, 2019 webinar, author and Associate Professor, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, explored the question of whether the lack of close, meaningful social ties is a public - rather than just a private - problem in our society in her newly published book "Social Poverty: Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties". … Continue reading Webinar: Exploring Social Poverty: A Webinar Discussion of the Impact of Family and Community Ties for Low-Income Populations
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 