PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Barbara A. Smith
ED  - Adams, Courtney
TI  - Practical Applications of Addressing the Retirement Savings Crisis in the United States: <em>The Role of Employer-Provided Financial Education</em>
AID  - 10.3905/pa.2017.4.4.215
DP  - 2017 Apr 30
TA  - Practical Applications
PG  - 1--4
VI  - 4
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/4/4/1.6.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/4/4/1.6.full
AB  - Addressing the Retirement Savings Crisis in the United States: The Role of Employer-Provided Financial Education Barbara A Smith Researchers, policymakers, workers and employers continue to grapple with how to respond to the ongoing retirement crisis in the United States, one that’s likely to hit middle-income earners hardest, according to Barbara Smith, a senior economist in the Office of Retirement Policy at the Social Security Administration .In Addressing the Retirement Savings Crisis in the United States: The Role of Employer-Provided Financial Education , Smith examines a number of studies that measure the effectiveness of financial education programs. She concludes that there is indeed strong evidence for the effectiveness of workplace-provided financial education. Smith described her work and several key findings in this interview with Institutional Investor Journals .TOPICS: Retirement, legal/regulatory/public policy, in wealth management