Title

Employees' Financial Behaviors Following the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Abstract

Low- and middle-income employees make up the bulk of potential participants in employer sponsored retirement plans; however, employers find it difficult to alter their savings behavior. Financial crises may have unintended positive effects on low-income employees' behavior. Therefore, this study examined the effect of the 2007-2009 financial crisis on employees' financial behaviors; through ordered logistic regression analyses of data from the Survey of Consumer Finances. Following the crisis, all employees' and low-income employees' savings behavior significantly improved. Moreover, all employees' cash Mow management behavior improved following the crisis, while it had no effect on low-income employees' cash Mow management behavior.

Publication Title

Financial Services Review

Volume

26

Issue

1

First Page

19

Last Page

36

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