2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-020-00246-0
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Building up financial literacy and financial resilience

Abstract: This article uses data from the 2020 TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance (P-Fin) Index to show that many American families were financially fragile well before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. economy. Financial fragility is particularly severe among specific demographic groups, such as African-Americans and those with low income. The article also shows that financial fragility is strongly linked to financial literacy and that many Americans are ill-equipped to deal with the financial decisions needed to n… Show more

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“…Prior this, in early 2020, the Bank of Finland was given the key responsibility of coordinating a national strategy for improving financial literacy of Finns, including a plan for activities in financial education as longer-term national objectives (Bank of Finland, 2020). This need is more prevalent as ever as young people lack the financial capability that older people have (Xiao et al, 2015), and which can alleviate COVID-19 generated financial anxiety (Mokhtar et al, 2020) and financial fragility (Lusardi et al, 2020). Both momentary and long-term actions are needed for youth security and mental health.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Prior this, in early 2020, the Bank of Finland was given the key responsibility of coordinating a national strategy for improving financial literacy of Finns, including a plan for activities in financial education as longer-term national objectives (Bank of Finland, 2020). This need is more prevalent as ever as young people lack the financial capability that older people have (Xiao et al, 2015), and which can alleviate COVID-19 generated financial anxiety (Mokhtar et al, 2020) and financial fragility (Lusardi et al, 2020). Both momentary and long-term actions are needed for youth security and mental health.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although we directly assessed personal concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the data was collected during the pandemic peak, the adjustment process of the economic downturn can take time (Oreopoulos et al, 2012). Our findings can, therefore, also relate to more general and permanent concern on youth labor market precarity of the "Lost" Generation (Hur, 2018) or lingering effects of the Great Recession (Bell and Blanchflower, 2011;Lusardi et al, 2020) as opposed to the vulnerability caused by this acute crisis. Thus, following the same people and assessing personal concerns after the COVID-19 peak may provide a more nuanced picture of the individual differences, processes and predictors of personal concerns.…”
Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Ez a hosszú távú szemlélet és a megtakarítások hiányára vagy nem megfelelő kezelésére is utalhat a felnőtt lakosság körében. Lusardi, Hasler, Yakoboski, 2020;OECD, 2020a).…”
Section: Pénzügyi Kultúra a Felnőtt Lakosság Körébenunclassified
“…However, more interestingly, 34.8 percent of Hungarian adults who participated in the survey had savings enough for merely one week, in the event that their income ceased. This could also indicate the lack of longterm orientation or improper management of savings among the adult population (Klapper, Lusardi, 2020;Lusardi, Hasler, Yakoboski, 2020;oEcD, 2020a).…”
Section: Adult Financial Literacymentioning
confidence: 99%