Academic Programs & Professional Societies

• Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

• Oklahoma State University Retirement Planning Research Laboratory

• American Psychological Society (APS) 

• American Psychological Association (APA) 

• Academy of Financial Services 

• Texas Tech University Personal Financial Planning Program

• Oklahoma State University Experimental Psychology Program

• Kansas State University Institute of Personal Financial Planning

 

Research Institutes

• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

• Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS)

• Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

• Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)

• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)

• Retirement Research Center at the University of Michigan

• Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

• Pension Research Council at the Wharton School

• Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (Gflec)

 

Retirement Resources & Retirement Support Programs

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) 

• AARP Financial Planning Page 

• United States Social Security Administration Retirement Resources 

• US Dept. of Labor Retirement Plan Resources 

• The Motley Fool Retirement Plan Primer 

• The Retirement Plan Blog

• International Foundation for Retirement Education (InFRE) 

• American Savings Education Council 

• Fidelity Investments Retirement Resource Center 

• Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

• Financial Literacy and Education Commission--US Dept. of Treasury 

• Investor Resources from Investor.Gov

• TiAA Retirement Advisor (online planning tool)

• Senior Guidance (senior housing & assisted living resource)

• Bankrate.com (excellent consumer retirement & financial info)

• MoneyGeek's Financial Literacy Handbook

• 25 Steps for Estate Planning

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Retirement Calculators

• CNN Money Retirement Calculator

• Vanguard Retirement Income Calculator

• AARP Retirement Calculator 

• Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator

• TIAA Retirement Goal Evaluator

• MoneyGeek's Compound Interest Calculator

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Academic Journals with Retirement & Financial Planning Content

• Work, Aging, and Retirement

• The Gerontologist

• Psychology & Aging

• Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

• Journal of Financial Therapy

• Journal of Adult Development

• Journal of Consumer Affairs

• Journal of Personal Finance

• Ageing & Society

• International Journal of Aging & Human Development

• European Journal of Ageing

• Financial Services Review

• Current Psychology

• Journals of Gerontology--Series B (Psychological and Social)

 

Other Interesting Websites​

• A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Retirement Planning

• Psychological "Portfolio" of Six Types of Retirement Planners (APA)

• Behavioral & Psychological Aspects of the Retirement Decision (ssa.gov)