These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Lisa Anderson (College of William and Mary)

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM
Session: Saving and Investment Decisions: How Do Women Fare? (AEA)
Presiding: Olivia Michell (University of Pennsylvania)

Planning and Financial Literacy: How Do Women Fare?
Annamaria Kusardi (Dartmouth College)
Olivia Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania)

Who Chooses Annuities? An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender, Framing and Defaults
Julie Agnew (College of William and Mary)
Lisa Anderson (College of William and Mary)
Jeffrey Gerlach (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Lisa Szykman (College of William and Mary)
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School)
Dean Karlan (Yale University)
Wesley Yin (University of Chicago)

Are Self-Employed Women More Financially Savvy?
Vickie Bajtelsmit (Colorado State University)
Nancy Jianakoplos (Colorado State University)


Contents of Current Issues

June 2013 AER

Spring 2013 JEP

May 2013 AEJ: Policy

May 2013 AEJ: Micro

April 2013 AEJ: Macro

April 2013 AEJ: Applied

March 2013 JEL

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An article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives entitled, "The Growth of Finance" by Harvard Business School professors, Robin Greenwood and David Scharfstein, was recently explored by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. News & World Report cites Princeton-based Burton Malkiel's article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives as a preferred source of "sound financial advice" for investors.

The Huffington Post reports on a study addressing the influence of lifestyle factors on shrinking height in the elderly published in the April issue of AEJ: Applied Economics.

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