We rely on demand and supply-side information to measure the extent of financial inclusion at country level for eighty-two developed and less-developed countries. We postulate that the degree of financial inclusion is determined by three dimensions: usage, barriers and access to financial...

This paper analyses the three dimensions determining financial inclusion in the case of Argentina, from a micro-economic perspective. On the supply side, formal financial services are accessed through traditional channels: branches and ATMs, with an as-yet incipient regulation for financial...

El presente estudio pretende analizar, desde un punto de vista microeconomico, las tres dimensiones que determinan la inclusion financiera para el caso de Argentina. Desde el lado de la oferta se tiene que el acceso a los servicios financieros formales se basa en los canales tradicionales:...

New ways of understanding banking, technological improvements, and regulation yield new means of interaction between customers and banks through outsourcing agreements. This paper provides the first harmonised database with information on the number of banking correspondents by country, which...

Nuevas formas de entender la banca, los avances tecnologicos y la regulacion dan lugar a nuevos medios de interaccion entre los clientes y los bancos a traves de contratos de externalizacion. Este documento ofrece la primera base de datos armonizada con el numero de corresponsales bancarios por...

This study comprises a quantitative approach to the determinants of financial inclusion in Peru based on micro-data from surveys. Significant correlations are used to identify those socioeconomic characteristics that may affect financial inclusion (or exclusion) of households and enterprises. We...

This study analyses whether self-confidence affects financial abilities of young people in Spain, through financial literacy. We use data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Financial Literacy (2012) report, conducted by the OECD. Our hypothesis is that non-cognitive...

El presente estudio analiza en que medida la autoconfianza afecta a las habilidades financieras de los jovenes en Espana, via sus conocimientos sobre cuestiones financieras. Para ello tomamos los datos del Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Financial Literacy (2012) llevado a...

We rely on demand and supply-side information to measure the extent of financial inclusion at country level for eighty-two developed and less-developed countries. We postulate that the degree of financial inclusion is determined by three dimensions: usage, barriers and access to financial...

Este estudio ofrece una primera aproximacion cuantitativa a los determinantes de la inclusion financiera en Peru a partir de microdatos de encuestas. A traves de correlaciones significativas, se identifican aquellas caracteristicas socioeconomicas que podrian afectar a la inclusion (exclusion)...