Financial literacy, economic preferences, and adolescents’ field behavior
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چکیده
Financial literacy and economic preferences are considered to be important drivers of health, income, general well-being. We bridge the gap between studies on financial research by investigating how they interplay with each other field behavior adolescents. First, we report that scores positively associated patience, male gender, educational level father. Second, observe risky like smoking gambling is various measures risk-tolerance, negatively patience. Finally, discuss implications for education programs.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Finance Research Letters
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1544-6131', '1544-6123']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101728