Financial Literacy

Evidence Review

Topic Overview

This topic area focuses on the effectiveness of interventions designed to help equip adults to plan for and succeed in preparing for retirement and to increase general financial literacy knowledge to improve money management. CLEAR conducted a systematic evidence review on the topic, assessed the quality of the causal evidence, and summarized each study’s approach, findings, and elements of the intervention examined.

Status: Literature reviewed in this topic area currently covers 2008 - 2022.

Explore Studies

Explore Studies

Find CLEAR's plain-language reviews of individual studies to learn about what a study found, how it was designed, and how relevant it may be to your needs.

How do we review evidence?

CLEAR reviews studies using formal standards and procedures that were developed in consultation with experts in research methods, as well as with practitioners working in the specific topic area. You can find CLEAR's current Policies and Procedures for reviewing studies and its standards for reviewing studies and rating findings on the CLEAR's Review Process page.