Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/238229 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2020-05
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), Innsbruck
Abstract: 
Financial literacy and economic preferences are considered to be important drivers of health, income, and general well-being. We bridge the gap between studies on financial literacy and research on economic preferences by investigating how they interplay with each other and with the field behavior of adolescents. First, we report that financial literacy scores are positively associated with patience, male gender, and educational level of the father. Second, we observe that risky field behavior like smoking and gambling is positively associated with various measures of risk-tolerance, and negatively associated with patience. Finally, we discuss implications for financial education programs.
Subjects: 
Experimental finance
financial literacy
time preferences
risk preferences
adolescents
JEL: 
C93
D91
D81
G53
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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