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Does Financial Literacy Improve Financial Inclusion? Cross Country Evidence

While financial inclusion is typically addressed by improving the financial infrastructure, we show that a higher degree of financial literacy also has a clear beneficial effect. We study this effect at the cross-country level, which allows us to consider institutional variation. Regarding \"access to finance\", financial infrastructure and financial literacy are mainly substitutes. However, regarding the \"use of financial services\", the effect of higher financial literacy strengthens the effect of more financial depth. The causal interpretation of these results is supported by IV-regressions. Moreover, the positive impact of financial literacy holds across income levels and several subgroups within countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 95

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
financial inclusion
financial literacy
financial institutions
financial development

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Grohmann, Antonia
Klühs, Theres
Menkhoff, Lukas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
(wo)
München und Berlin
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Grohmann, Antonia
  • Klühs, Theres
  • Menkhoff, Lukas
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition

Entstanden

  • 2018

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