The Impact of Financial Education and Self-Efficacy on Financial Behavior in Croatia: Are We More Similar to Homo Economicus or Homer Simpson?

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Irena Palić ◽  
Dajana Barbić ◽  
Andrea Lučić
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
The Impact

SaveWise: The design of a financial education program in the Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisa Amagir ◽  
Wim Groot ◽  
Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink ◽  
Arie Wilschut
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Goal Commitment ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
School Students

Using a framework for educational design research, this article reports and evaluates the (process of the) design of a financial education program. The program is designed for high school students in the prevocational track in the Netherlands. The aim of the program is to improve students’ financial knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and (savings) behavior. The main outcome of this study is the identification of design principles that can be used by others for the design of financial education programs: setting a personal savings goal, commitment with and reflection on this goal, discussing money issues with peers and family, hands-on activities with autonomy, and explicit instruction through animated video clips. The results show that our program, called “SaveWise,” improves high school students’ financial knowledge and skills, financial awareness, attitudes towards money, self-efficacy, and financial behavior.

Investigating the financial overconfidence of student-athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-398
Author(s):  
Megan Ann McCoy ◽  
Kenneth J. White ◽  
Kim Love
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Finance ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact

Purpose There is a paucity of empirical research that explores the financial well-being of collegiate student-athletes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key aspects of financial well-being (e.g. financial knowledge, financial self-efficacy and finance-related stress levels) of varsity athletes at US colleges and universities. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data from the National Student Financial Wellness Study. The data were analyzed using general linear regression models. Findings The findings suggest student-athletes have lower financial knowledge than students who are non-athletes. Despite their lower levels of financial knowledge, these student-athletes report higher levels of financial self-efficacy. Furthermore, even when controlling for scholarship funding, student-athletes reported lower levels of financial stress than their counterparts. One could interpret this as student-athletes having a false sense of confidence in their money management behaviors. This overconfidence can impact many areas of their overall financial well-being. Alternatively, non-athletes may not be as financially confident as they should be. Research limitations/implications This study could be replicated with stronger measures (e.g. Financial Self-Efficacy Scale), with the inclusion of subjective financial knowledge measures, comparing the impact of demographic variables. As, most financial constructs have gender differences (Farrell et al., 2016) and race differences (Amatucci and Crawley, 2011) and depend upon college major (Fosnacht and Calderone, 2017). Another limitation of this study is the small percentage of student-athletes, a common problem with research in this area. Further research is also needed to unpack the finding that self-efficacy decreases at higher levels of financial knowledge. Practical implications It is evident that college students (athletes/non-athletes) need financial education. For universities and college coaches, this study could be used as a rationale for providing financial education for their athletes. The addition of financial courses could be used as a recruiting tool for collegiate coaches and benefit the university. Requiring financial education could also benefit universities long term as it may potentially increase the donor possibilities by alumni. As a final note, it is important that financial courses figure out ways to improve financial self-efficacy alongside financial knowledge, as findings suggest both are integral to decreasing financial stress. Social implications Less than 4 percent of universities in the USA require students to take a personal finance course (Bledsoe et al., 2016). If more universities included personal finance as a graduation requirement and did more to engage student-athletes (and non-athletes) in financial planning, then the average level of financial knowledge would likely improve on campuses across the USA. In addition, increasing young adults financial self-efficacy could improve financial stress which is linked to mental health and physical health. Originality/value This study provides the first empirical look into the financial well-being of collegiate student-athletes across the USA. Although there are many benefits to participation in college sports, student-athletes face additional time pressures and a predisposition to clustering around certain majors. Findings suggest that collegiate athletes need additional support around their financial literacy and non-athletes may need support developing financial self-efficacy. These two findings should be used by academic institutions and athletic departments to determine how to encourage financial health in their student-athletes and general student body.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Financial Literacy and Financial Behaviour of Investors in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Khan ◽  
Dr. Faheem Aslam ◽  
Syed Nisar-Ul-Mulk
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Financial Socialization ◽  
The Impact

The main purpose of our study is to find out the impact of financial socialization, cognitive ability, and self-efficacy on financial literacy and financial behavior of investors in Pakistan. This study has used a non-probability convenience-based sampling technique for collecting the data. A total of 429 individual investors were analyzed with the help of structural equation modeling (SEM) through Smart PLS. The results of our research study suggested that the participation of female investors as compare to male investors is very low. The main results of the study showed that cognitive ability and self-efficacy have a significantly positive impact on financial literacy, but an insignificant impact of these two variables on financial behavior was found. Findings also suggested that the influence of financial socialization on financial literacy is insignificant, while financial behavior is positively influenced by financial socialization and financial literacy. In mediating analysis cognitive ability and self-efficacy have positively affected financial behavior, while financial socialization has an insignificant effect on financial behavior through financial literacy. This research study provides important implications for researchers and other policymakers. Policymakers can formulate policies regarding trainings to improve the financial literacy of investors. Researcher can further investigate these variables for other segments of the society.

The influence of the COVID 19 pandemic on financial education

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Gianina Bostan Motoaşcă
Keyword(s):  
Financial Education ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

"ABSTRACT. Pandemic situation has changed the way we work, learn and shop. Digital finance has helped individuals and companies to meet challenges. The forecasts for the impact of COVID 19 on the world economy are pessimistic. The latest revision of the International Monetary Fund shows a deeper recession than the initial estimates for 2020 and a slower recovery in 2021. Some industries were completely blocked, others were significantly declining. The impact of the restrictions imposed by the epidemiological situation were negative in industries like the automotive industry, airlines, travel agencies, tour operators, hotels, restaurants, entertainment and construction. There were also industries whose activity had an increase due to the pandemic like courier, transport and health services. The need to maintain social distance has pushed forward digital solutions for payments and banking services. People have been taken out of their comfort zone when it comes to managing personal finances. The discrepancies between poor and rich countries became more evident during this pandemic. Lack of activity, limited opportunities to spend money and uncertainty have increased saving behavior. According to Eurostat, the saving rate of households in the euro area increased by 16.6% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the first, but the investment rate decreased by one percent. Speaking of the crisis in general and the financial crisis in particular, it has been shown that it has significantly changed the financial behavior of individuals. This paper aims to analyze how financial education led to different financial behavior during the crisis and the exclusions circumstances that may occur. Keywords: Covid-19, financial education, personal finances. JEL classification: I15, A29, D14. "

The Financial Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-125
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Financial Fragility ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Impact

Financial education is a process that must take place throughout the life of consumers, given the intensification of the process of financial and technological innovation materialized in the emergence of new financial products and ways of accessing them. The financial education programs must focus on capitalizing on and use of financial knowledge and skills by children, young people, and women. The education can create responsible financial behavior within consumers to efficiently manage resources throughout life, including periods of the current health crisis. COVID has demonstrated the importance of economic resilience and the ability of consumers to adapt to the turbulence specific to this period. The financial fragility faced by certain categories of consumers during this period demonstrates the need to implement financial education programs. There is a need to adopt radical changes that are taking place in the financial market under the impact of fintech.

scholarly journals The Role of Knowledge Brokers in Improving Financial Literacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-103
Author(s):  
Chaouki Mouelhi ◽  
Hajer Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Brokers ◽  
The Impact

Several governments around the world have tried strategies based primarily on financial education programs to improve the financial literacy of their citizens. In this study, we discuss a new strategy that involves using knowledge transfer activities carried out by intermediary agents, called financial knowledge brokers, to achieve significant improvement in financial literacy. Thus, the aim of this paper is to test the impact of the five activities of financial knowledge brokers (i.e., financial knowledge acquisition, financial knowledge integration, financial knowledge adaptation, financial knowledge dissemination, and creation of links) on financial literacy. For this, we built a database from a questionnaire carried out to nearly 103 financial advisers during the period June 2015 to June 2017. Overall, the results of Structural equation Modeling (SEM) technique showed that the financial knowledge brokerage activities (four of the five activities) have a positive impact on improving financial literacy as well as on its four dimensions, namely financial attitude, financial behavior, basic financial knowledge, and advanced financial knowledge. JEL classification numbers: D80, F65, G20, I20. Keywords: Financial literacy, Knowledge brokers, Structural equation modeling.

scholarly journals A DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR ON ACCOUNTING STUDENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Wirawan ED Radianto ◽  
Tommy C. Effrata ◽  
Liliana Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mental Accounting ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Accounting Student

This study examines the impact of financial literacy, financial knowledge, locus of control, financial attitude, financial self-efficacy, and mental accounting on financial behavior. The study sample is an accounting student. There are 159 questionnaires that can be processed in total out of 250 distributed to the accounting selected at random. Hypothesis testing was conducted using multiple regression analysis. The result of the study shows that locus of control, financial attitude, financial self-efficacy, and mental accounting has a positive impact on financial behavior. However, this study found that financial literacy and financial knowledge do not affect financial behavior. This study also found that mental accounting has the most influence on financial behavior. This research contributes that mental accounting enables students to manage finances and make financial decisions.

scholarly journals Investigating Attitudes towards Financial Literacy in Schools: An Impact Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 204-215
Author(s):  
Noi Keng KOH
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
Responsible Attitude ◽  
The Impact

The global economic downturn has highlighted the damaging impact of financial illiteracy on individuals, families, communities and entire nations. The need to teach people how to spend, save, invest, borrow and manage money wisely has become more important than ever. It has also raised questions about what it takes to effectively engage people and change their financial behavior. This study is part of a larger study in Singapore schools to study the impact of an initiative to equip teacher’s with pedagogical skills and knowledge to integrate financial literacy messages in day-to-day lessons and foster a socially responsible attitude towards managing money to create a financially sustainable society. This study provides insights into how financial education can be integrated into classroom lessons in schools to deal with challenges that living in modern society presents.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Mapping of Research Trends on Financial Behavior for Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Tania López-Medina ◽  
Isabel Mendoza-Ávila ◽  
Nicolás Contreras-Barraza ◽  
Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda ◽  
Alejandro Vega-Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Journal Citation Report ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Journal Citation

This article presents a global empirical overview of studies on financial behavior in relation to education, money-saving, and consumption, contributing to research on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to social equity in the quality education (4th Sustainable Development Goal) and inequality reduction (10th Sustainable Development Goal) areas. Thus, the data and metadata of 492 articles registered between 1992 and August 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science (Journal Citation Report, JCR) and analyzed with a bibliometric approach, using classical methodological laws and the specialized software VOSviewer. Among the results, we highlight the exponential scientific production growth in the last decades, the concentration in only twelve specific journals indexed in the Journal Citation Report, the global hegemony of US universities in institutional co-authorship networks, and the thematic and temporal segregation of the concepts of financial behavior. We conclude an evolution of two decades in the relevant topics and a concentration in three large blocks: (1) financial education; (2) savings and consumption decisions; (3) financial literacy and investments, which are a temporal evolution that gives for the irruption of diverse visions in the relationship between the evolution of individual financial behavior and the global market. Given it is necessary to know the impact of financial education and financial literacy on personal savings, consumption, and investment behaviors, a larger study on financial behavior could be conducted with this research and an assessment of these results.

scholarly journals The Impact of Financial Education Participation on Financial Knowledge and Efficacy: Evidence from the Canadian Financial Capability Survey

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Rothwell ◽  
Shiyou Wu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Financial Capability ◽  
Education Participation ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Impact

Very little is known about how participation in financial education affects cognitive outcomes such as financial knowledge and self-efficacy. We used two waves of the nationally representative Canadian Financial Capability Survey along with propensity score matching to compare outcomes between persons who had taken a financial education course to those who had not. After matching and adjusting for demographic and economic factors, financial education participants exhibited significantly higher financial knowledge and financial self-efficacy scores. Post-estimation analysis showed that higher overall financial knowledge scores of participants were at least partially driven by higher scores of men. There was no difference in knowledge scores for women across all age groups. Financial education participants had higher efficacy scores for both genders and across age. Future research into the impact of financial education ought to consider cognitive dimensions in addition to strictly behavioral and financial outcomes.

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