According to gender personality traits, women are more interested in people, whereas men are more interested in things. The goal of this research is to see if there is a gender gap in financial literacy and if these disparities can be explained by different areas of interest. A convenience...

This paper investigates the moderating effect of confidence on the gender gap in financial literacy based on a nationwide survey of German high school students. Two measures of confidence are applied while controlling for cognitive abilities and several independent variables. This study shows...

We exploit supply-driven heterogeneity in the expansion of cable television across Norwegian municipalities to identify developmental effects of commercial television exposure during childhood. We find that higher exposure to commercial television reduces cognitive ability and high school...