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Taylor, Mark – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Financial capability, or people's ability to manage and take control of their finances, is receiving increasing interest among policy makers as more people find themselves in difficult financial situations during the current economic downturn. We tackle the problem of how to measure financial capability--with a specific focus on making ends meet…
Descriptors: Money Management, Fiscal Capacity, Economic Climate, Financial Problems
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Gardner, Lara; Gilleskie, Donna B. – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
Medicaid policies that may affect long-term care decisions vary across states and time. Using data from the 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2000 waves of the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey, we estimate a dynamic empirical model of health insurance coverage, long-term care arrangement, asset and gift behavior, and health transitions…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Public Policy, State Government, Health Services
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Carlin, Bruce Ian; Robinson, David T. – Journal of Economic Education, 2012
The authors use data from a finance-related theme park to explore how financial education changes investment, financing, and consumer behavior. Students were assigned fictitious life situations and asked to create household budgets. Some students received a 19-hour financial literacy curriculum before going to the park, and some did not. After…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Consumer Economics, Literacy, Financial Services
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Letterman, Denise – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between course design and predictor variables: motivation, satisfaction, and success for students enrolled in the hybrid Principles of Finance course. The participants for this research project were 117 undergraduate students (encompassing 6 semesters) at Robert Morris University,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Money Management, Course Content, Blended Learning
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Sizoo, Steve; Jozkowskia, Robert; Malhotra, Naveen; Shapero, Morris – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2008
Because of their quantitative content, Finance courses are particularly difficult for business majors. Math-related material causes many students to become anxious, which can impede their learning and their performance. Also, students who think they will perform poorly on a task do worse than those who think they will succeed. The difference is…
Descriptors: Money Management, Business Administration Education, Majors (Students), College Students
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Ackerman, Phillip L.; Beier, Margaret E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
The ability (fluid and crystallized intelligence) and nonability (personality, interests, self-concept, etc.) determinants of domain knowledge before and after an independent learning opportunity were evaluated in the context of a study of 141 adults between the ages of 18 and 69. The domain knowledge under consideration included an array of…
Descriptors: Adults, Independent Study, Predictor Variables, Intelligence