Empowering women through financial awareness and education

This OECD working paper reviews the literature on gender differences in financial literacy to better understand their causes and consequences, as well as possible policy responses. In this document, research carried out to collect further evidence and case studies may help countries interested in the development and implementation of financial education programmes targeting women’s most vulnerable sub-groups.

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/finance-and-investment/empowering-women-through-financial-awareness-and-education_5k9d5v6kh56g-en

Financial inclusion and new means of payment-Qualitative review in five European countries - May 2013

A study commissioned by European Foundation for Financial Inclusion (EUFFI), as a contribution to EU policy making on financial services, and in particular on payment systems, concludes that financial exclusion may be on the increase as cash becomes a less fashionable form of payment.

http://www.euffi.org/home/docs/euffi-study-5june2012.pdf

Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe–First results from SHARE after the economic crisis”

SHARE –the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe –provides data on these central aspects of life in Europe today.The new publication “Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe –First results from SHARE after the economic crisis” delivers insights on the lives of people fifty and over in 16 European countries.

Press: http://www.share-project.org/fileadmin/press_information/News_and_Events/share_press_en.pdf

Results of the Eurosystem’s first Household Finance and Consumption Survey

The European Central Bank (ECB) was publishing the results of the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a joint Eurosystem project carried out with the support of national statistical institutes of three euro area countries. The reference year for most country surveys is 2010. The survey is the topic of the first two issues of a new Statistics Paper Series launched by the ECB. The HFCS provides detailed household-level data on various aspects of household balance sheets and related economic and demographic variables, including income, voluntary pensions, employment and measures of consumption.

http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/other/ecbsp2en.pdf?aef45f66c576bdeeacdbff8407ed4ff5

ENGAGE Report on the gender gap in pension in the EU published

Women receive average pensions which are 39% lower compared to those of men. This report develops a new indicator for gender equality, the "Gender Pension Gap" which, together with the "Gender Pay Gap", helps to assess the magnitude of gender inequality in the course of people’s lives.

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/files/documents/130530_pensions_en.pdf