Measuring Financial Literacy

Measuring the Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Programs in Ghana

This paper explores the effectiveness of financial literacy programs. It further seeks to establish the relationship between financial literacy and certain demographic characteristics. This study adopted a correlational research design as the framework to examine the relationship between variables without determining cause and effect. Data were randomly collected from 235 petty traders in Kumas...

measuring the effectiveness of financial literacy programs in ghana

this paper explores the effectiveness of financial literacy programs. it further seeks to establish the relationship between financial literacy and certain demographic characteristics. this study adopted a correlational research design as the framework to examine the relationship between variables without determining cause and effect. data were randomly collected from 235 petty traders in kumas...

Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Economic Outcomes.

In this article we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes. We consider how financial literacy is measured in the current literature, and examine how well the existing literature addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the extent to which a competitive market provides i...

On Measuring Literacy

This paper presents a new approach to evaluating the aggregate literacy level in a country or region. The resulting ‘effective literacy’ measure takes into account the intrahousehold externality arising from the presence of a literate member. A simple and natural axiomatic characterization is provided along with an empirical illustration using Indian data.

Measuring Collaborative Digital Literacy