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The Impact of School-Based Financial Education on High School Students and their Teachers: Experimental Evidence from Peru

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Using data from a randomized controlled trial in 300 public high schools in Peru, this paper studies the potential of school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students’ and teachers’ financial knowledge by 0.14 SD and 0.32 SD, respectively. The impact of the intervention also extends to socioemotional traits and behavior, as sizable positive impacts on self-control and consumption habits among students are identified. Teachers in the treatment group become more impulsive and risk averse, and they are more likely to save (9 percentage points) and to save formally (14 percentage points).

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  • Frisancho, Verónica, 2018. "The Impact of School-Based Financial Education on High School Students and their Teachers: Experimental Evidence from Peru," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8835, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:8835
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001056
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    1. Oberrauch, Luis & Kaiser, Tim, 2020. "Economic competence in early secondary school: Evidence from a large-scale assessment in Germany," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).
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    11. Harvey, Melody & Urban, Carly, 2023. "Does financial education affect retirement savings?," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 24(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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