Decomposing gender gaps in financial literacy: New international evidence

Andrej Cupák; Pirmin Fessler; Alyssa Schneebaum; Maria Silgoner

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.04.004

Decomposing gender gaps in financial literacy: New international evidence

Andrej Cupák
, Pirmin Fessler^*
, Alyssa Schneebaum
, Maria Silgoner

^*Corresponding author for this work

LIS Cross-National Data Center
National Bank of Slovakia
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Vienna University of Economics and Business

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Using international OECD/INFE microdata, we show that the gender gap in financial literacy is highest in more developed countries. Only some of the gap can be explained by personal characteristics; the rest may be due to economic and social environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-106
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.04.004
State	Published - Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Decomposition analysis
Financial literacy
Gender gaps
Survey data

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Decomposing gender gaps in financial literacy: New international evidence

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