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Determinants of financial literacy among German students : an empirical analysis
Riebe, Katharina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 4, pp. 39-53
Finanzkompetenzen haben für die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe eine hohe Bedeutung. Dieser Beitrag führt eine empirische Evaluation der Determinanten der Finanzkompetenz von Studierenden an einer deutschen Hochschule durch. Ein weiteres Ziel ist auch die Identifizierung der geschlechtsspezifischen...
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Confidence, Financial Literacy and Investment in Risky Assets : Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
Cupák, Andrej - 2020
We employ recent Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) microdata from the US to analyze the impacts of confidence in one's own financial knowledge, confidence in the economy, and objective financial literacy on investment in risky financial assets (equity and bonds) on both the extensive and...
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Socioeconomic gradient literacy and numeracy skills of 15-year-olds across Canadian provinces and years using the PISA surveys (2000-2012)
Lefebvre, Pierre - 2016
and top SES quintiles across provinces suggest that children's reading and math skills are still heavily linked to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152887
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Unbundling returns to postsecondary degrees and skills : evidence from Colombia
Busso, Matias; Montaño, Sebastián; Muñoz-Morales, Juan - 2024
Using longitudinal data of college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various skills - including literacy, numeracy, foreign language, and field-specific skills. Graduates of academic programs and schools of higher reputation obtain higher...
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Financial Literacy Among German Students at Secondary Schools : Some Empirical Evidence from the State of Hesse
Brühl, Volker - 2019
light of the potentially far-reaching consequences of financial illiteracy for financial wellbeing, German participation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863560
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Language assimilation and performance in achievement tests among immigrant children : evidence from a field experiment
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2018
-born children of immigrants were asked to take Woodcock-Johnson achievement test. In both rounds, prior to the administration of … tests, children of Hispanic origin were randomly assigned to take the tests either in Spanish or in English. Therefore, we … suggest that in reading tests, U.S. born children of Hispanic immigrants perform better, when they are assigned to take the …
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Cohort at risk : long-term consequences of conflict for child school achievement
Jürges, Hendrik; Stella, Luca; Hallaq, Sameh; Schwarz, … - 2017
We investigate the long-term effects of households' exposure to violent conflict on children's educational attainment … educational attainment of children measured by grade point averages. Impaired non-cognitive rather than cognitive skills are … identified as channels through which exposure affects children's educational achievement. …
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Essays in development economics
Poppe, Robert - 2012
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How does Household Portfolio Diversification Vary with Financial Literacy and Financial Advice?
von Gaudecker, Hans-Martin - 2013
Household investment mistakes are an important concern for researchers and policymakers alike; portfolio underdiversification ranks among those mistakes that are potentially most costly. However, its roots and empirical importance are poorly understood. I estimate quantitatively meaningful...
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Financial Literacy Externalities
Haliassos, Michael - 2019
This paper uses unique administrative data and a quasi-field experiment of exogenous allocation in Sweden to estimate medium- and longer-run effects on financial behavior from exposure to financially literate neighbors. It contributes evidence of causal impact of exposure and of a social...
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