Gender and Marital Differences in Wealth and Investment Decisions: Implications for Researchers, Financial Professionals, and Educators

Angela Lyons (), Urvi Neelakantan and Erik Scherpf

No 2008-WP-02, NFI Working Papers from Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute

Abstract: Wealth is an important source of financial well-being and investment is an important vehicle to accumulate wealth. A large body of literature has focused on analyzing the systematic differences in wealth and investment behavior across gender and marital states. This paper provides a broad overview of the extant research and its implications for researchers, financial professionals, and educators.

Keywords: Wealth; investments; risk tolerance; portfolio allocation; household bargaining; financial education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D14 G11 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2008-03
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