Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Education
Fed releases two new consumer credit guides
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Making financial education work in the workplace: The Citigroup experience
When financial services giant Citigroup implemented workplace-based financial education workshops, it learned lessons that may help other employers deliver effective financial education programs of th
Dara Duguay, William J. Arnone
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Site provides state-by-state assessments of financial capability
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Another look at measuring high school graduation rates
Rob Grunewald, Wonho Chung
January 2011 - fedgazette
CFSI releases guide to prepaid cards
January 2011 - Community Dividend
Nonprofit credit counselors provide one-on-one help for consumers in crisis
In the aftermath of the recent economic meltdown, nonprofit consumer credit counseling agencies have seen unprecedented demand for their services.
Paula Woessner
January 2011 - Community Dividend
Child Health and Future Success
A Minneapolis Fed-University of Minnesota conference
Rob Grunewald
December 2010 - The Region
Degrees of Job Security
We tend to assume that high-wage workers are recession proof. But a good education offers better protection against job loss than a big paycheck
Terry J. Fitzgerald, Phil Davies, Wonho Chung
December 2010 - The Region
The source of Lake Wobegon?
Minnesota’s education investments in the 1940s and 1950s
Rob Grunewald, Alison Sexton
October 2010 - fedgazette
Survey takes stock of state financial education requirements
A recent National Council on Economic Education survey reveals that more states are adding personal finance and economics to their required K-12 curricula.
Michael Grover
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Better deals on wheels: The effects of financial education on car buying
A Federal Reserve study explores whether financial education helps young consumers make wise car-buying decisions.
Catherine Bell, Jeanne M. Hogarth
April 2010 - Community Dividend
Higher education's melting pot
International students surging at Ninth District universities and colleges
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2010 - fedgazette
Gaining a Better Understanding of the Costs of Homeownership Programs: A Case Study and Recommendations for Minnesota's Home Ownership Center
An analysis of program costs for the Minnesota Home Ownership Center's three primary services: homeownership classes, pre-purchase home buyer counseling, and foreclosure counseling.
Richard M. Todd, Leo T. Gabriel
March 2010 - Community Development Papers
Campus of dreams: Bill it, and they will come?
The cost of higher education has risen steadily for decades, but so have the benefits. Is the value proposition being challenged by increasing debt loads and a severe recession?
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2009 - fedgazette
College finance 101: A history lesson
The evolution of a high-tuition, high-aid model
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2009 - fedgazette
