Gender differences and stereotypes in financial literacy: Off to an early start

Anastasia Driva, Melanie Lührmann and Joachim Winter ()

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 146, issue C, 143-146

Abstract: The determinants of the gender gap in financial literacy, an important correlate of financial wealth, are largely unknown. We confirm the existence of the gap already among teenagers and report an association with gender stereotypes related to household finance.

Keywords: Stereotypes; Financial literacy; Gender; Adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.07.029

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