Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Alessie, Rob J. M.; Lusardi, Annamaria - 2021
Women are less financially literate than men. It is unclear whether this gap reflects a lack of knowledge or, rather, a … measuring financial knowledge, but when this response option is unavailable, they often choose the correct answer. We estimate a …-third of the financial literacy gender gap can be explained by women’s lower confidence levels. Both financial knowledge and …