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dc.contributor.authorMeier, Stephanen
dc.contributor.authorSprenger, Charles D.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:35:35Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:35:35Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008060511en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35270-
dc.description.abstractMany policy makers and economists argue that financial literacy is key to financial well-being. But why do many individuals remain financially illiterate despite the apparent importance of being financially informed? This paper presents results of a field study linking individual decisions to acquire personal financial information to a critical, and normally unobservable, characteristic: time preferences. We offered a short, free credit counseling and information program to more than 870 individuals. About 55 percent chose to participate. Independently, we elicited time preferences using incentivized choice experiments both for individuals who selected into the program and those who did not. Our results show that the two groups differ sharply in their measured discount factors. Individuals who choose to acquire personal financial information through the credit counseling program discount the future less than individuals who choose not to participate. Our results suggest that individual time preference may explain who will and who will not choose to become financially literate. This has implications for the validity of studies evaluating voluntary financial education programs and policy efforts focused on expanding financial education.en
dc.language.isogeren
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3507en
dc.subject.jelD14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordFinancial literacyen
dc.subject.keywordtime preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordselectionen
dc.subject.keywordfield experimenten
dc.subject.stwKapitalanlageen
dc.subject.stwSparenen
dc.subject.stwWissenen
dc.subject.stwInformationsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwBildungsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwZeitallokationen
dc.subject.stwFeldforschungen
dc.subject.stwBildungspolitiken
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleDiscounting financial literacy: time preferences and participation in financial education programs-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn569673887en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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