This work contributes to the political economy literature by elucidating gendered socio-
cultural practices germane to everyday financialisation. The financialisation of retirement …

To incentivise active engagement with investments and the development of a diversified
asset portfolio for retirement, the government has introduced subsidized, tax-efficient …

Research shows gender disparities in savings habits and financial literacy. However, recent
studies indicate that the higher earner in a household, regardless of gender, typically …

Abstract Models of finance rationality expect individuals to actively prepare for retirement by
consistently investing and building a diversified asset portfolio, with any behavior deviating …

Drawing on the literature on political alienation and insider/outsider theory, this paper offers
a novel explanation for the failure of some households to embrace the opportunities for …

The changing landscape of pensions policy in the UK has increased the importance of
active saving through workplace and private pensions and other savings vehicles …

This study proposes a new Financial Well-Being (FWB) measurement methodology based
on Google Trends Search (GTS). Current survey-based FWB measurement methods are …

In this thesis I examine how precarious work interacts with broader conditions of precarity in
the United Kingdom (UK), and together come to influence workers' financial behaviours …

How do households perceive financialization? While scholarship on household
financialization has investigated financialized household behavior across advanced …