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Financial literacy and retirement planning in chile

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This paper studies the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning in Chile, a country with mandatory defined contribution pension plans at the core of its retirement policy. Using a novel dataset, we find that very few Chileans are planning for their retirement and that the levels of financial literacy are remarkably low with only 47% of the population understand compound interest and only 18% understand the concept of inflation. We also find a positive and significant relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning suggesting that investments in financial education could have a substantial impact on the way people think about retirement and therefore on their ability to reach retirement with adequate resources.

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  • Garabato Moure, Natalia, 2016. "Financial literacy and retirement planning in chile," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(2), pages 203-223, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:15:y:2016:i:02:p:203-223_00
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