Evidence on the effectiveness of financial education and formal savings account access is lacking, particularly for … shows the education plus account treatment increases bank savings relative to account-only. But survey-measured total … savings shows roughly equal increases across all treatment arms. Earned income also increases in all treatment arms. We find …

offered financial education. Both programs included a voluntary after-school savings club that provided students with a locked … money box. After nine months, both programs had significant impacts on savings behavior relative to the control group …, mostly because children moved savings from home to school. We observed few other impacts. We do find that financial education …

offered financial education. Both programs included a voluntary after-school savings club that provided students with a locked … money box. After nine months, both programs had significant impacts on savings behavior relative to the control group …, mostly because children moved savings from home to school. We observed few other impacts. We do find that financial education …

The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of financial literacy and materialism on the savings decision … literacy score and materialism level, as well as the savings rate of every respondent. Through a series of regression analyses … literacy positively influences savings decision; and (iii) materialism negatively influences savings decision. Our findings …