Arbeitspapier

Financial literacy externalities

This paper uses unique administrative data and a quasi-field experiment of exogenous allocation of refugees in Sweden to estimate effects of exposure to financially literate neighbors on household financial behavior. The paper contributes evidence of a causal impact of financial literacy on behavior and points to a social multiplier of financial education initiatives. Exposure promotes saving for retirement in the medium run and stockholding in the longer run, more so when neighbors have economics or business education. Significant effects are only observed on educated or male-headed households. Findings point strongly to transfer of knowledge rather than mere imitation. They are relevant both for financial education and for refugee placement policies.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series ; No. 333

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
Household Saving; Personal Finance
International Migration
Education: Government Policy
Thema
Household finance
financial literacy
social interactions
refugees

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chaliasos, Micha¯el
Jansson, Thomas
Karabulut, Yigitcan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Sveriges Riksbank
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2016

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Chaliasos, Micha¯el
  • Jansson, Thomas
  • Karabulut, Yigitcan
  • Sveriges Riksbank

Entstanden

  • 2016

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