Insufficient savings and bad financial decision-making present a major challenge for people as the financial world becomes more complex and financial responsibility for old age provision shifts towards the individual. Young people are increasingly users of digital financial services and face an evolving and challenging financial landscape. This calls for educating people about making good financial choices from a young age.
Authors
Research Fellow Royal Holloway, University of London
Melanie joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2006 as a Research Fellow and she is a Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marta Serra-Garcia
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- OECD
Suggested citation
M, Lührmann and M, Serra-Garcia and J, Winter. (2019). Starting early: Educating teenagers to make savvy financial choices. London: OECD. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/starting-early-educating-teenagers-make-savvy-financial-choices (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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