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Financial literacy and retirement planning : the Russian case

Author:	Klapper, Leora; Panos, Georgios A.;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5827
Country:	Russian Federation;	Date Stored:	2011/10/04
Document Date:	2011/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Finance
Rel. Proj ID:	1W-The Crisis And Beyond: Fy11-Fy13 -- -- P122136;	Region:	Europe and Central Asia
Report Number:	WPS5827	Sub Sectors:	General finance sector
SubTopics:	Financial Literacy; Emerging Markets; Debt Markets; Gender and Law; Pensions & Retirement Systems	Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors examine the association of financial literacy with retirement planning in Russia, a country with a relatively old and rapidly aging population, large regional disparities, and a rapidly emerging financial market. They find that only 36.3 percent of respondents in the sample understand interest compounding and only half can answer a simple question about inflation. In a country with widespread public pension provisions, they find that financial literacy is significantly and positively related to retirement planning involving private pension funds and schemes. Thus, along with encouraging the availability of private retirement plans, efforts to improve financial literacy could be pivotal to the expansion of the use of such schemes.


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