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dc.titleCan a Budget Recording Tool Teach Financial Skills to Youth?: Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study
dc.contributor.authorFrisancho, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorHerrera, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorPrina, Silvia
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coveragePeru
dc.date.available2021-10-06T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-10-06T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractWe study the impact of a mobile app to record daily financial transactions, coupled with enumerator monitoring visits every two weeks, on youths' investment in financial literacy and financial behavior. The treatment led to a positive and statistically significant effect on financial literacy scores and greater awareness of market prices. Youth in the treatment group experienced significant improvements in access to credit. These effects persist eight months after the intervention is over.
dc.format.extent40
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003691
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Can-a-Budget-Recording-Tool-Teach-Financial-Skills-to-Youth-Experimental-Evidence-from-a-Financial-Diaries-Study.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFinancial Education
dc.subjectMobile App
dc.subjectSaving Behavior
dc.subjectFinancial Transaction
dc.subjectYouth and Children
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectBudget
dc.subject.jelcodeC93 - Field Experiments
dc.subject.jelcodeD90 - Intertemporal Choice: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG41 - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeG53 - Financial Literacy
dc.subject.jelcodeO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO16 - Financial Markets • Saving and Capital Investment • Corporate Finance and Governance
dc.subject.keywordsFinancial diaries;Financial literacy
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01275
idb.operationRG-K1416
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