Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell on financial well-being Leading economist and Wharton professor Olivia S. Mitchell discusses key findings from her new research on financial well-being among Black and Hispanic women. Leading economist and Wharton professor Olivia S. Mitchell’s research covers public and private pensions, insurance and risk management, financial literacy, public finance, and wealth accumulation. She has published 300+ books and articles that analyze pensions and healthcare systems, wealth, health, work, wellbeing, household financial decision making, and retirement, and served on President Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security, the U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council, and as Vice President of the American Economic Association.