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ERIC Number: EJ1097292
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
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Financial Literacy of High School Students: Evidence from Germany
Erner, Carsten; Goedde-Menke, Michael; Oberste, Michael
Journal of Economic Education, v47 n2 p95-105 2016
After graduating high school, underage individuals soon face ever more complex and important financial decisions. Pivotal to the development of improved financial literacy programs is a comprehensive examination of financial literacy levels and potentially related factors. The authors conducted a survey among German high school students and found similarly weak performances on standard financial literacy measures as have been documented for other samples. Female students and those with a low level of integration exhibit significantly lower financial literacy across measures. Additionally, basic financial literacy is related to mathematical skills, while sophisticated financial literacy is related to a student's general cognitive aptitude and foreign language skills. Subpopulations identified by these factors should be given attention in the development of more targeted financial literacy programs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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