2011
DOI: 10.1017/s1474747211000527
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Financial literacy and retirement planning in Japan

Abstract: The level of financial literacy is not high in Japan. Although a majority of respondents were able to correctly answer a simple question about interest rates, more than half were not able to correctly answer a question about risk diversification. Many respondents stated they did not know the answer to the financial literacy questions, which might indicate that Japanese are very cautious and only answer when confident in their response. Women, the young, and those with lower incomes and lower educational attain… Show more

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“…We confirm the positive relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning documented, e.g., by Bucher-Koenen and Lusardi (2011), Almenberg andSäve-Söderbergh (2011), andSekita (2011). We also confirm that financially literate households are more likely to participate in financial markets, as shown by Van Rooij et al (2011) for the Netherlands and Yoong (2011) for the United States.…”
Section: Related Literaturesupporting
confidence: 87%
“…We confirm the positive relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning documented, e.g., by Bucher-Koenen and Lusardi (2011), Almenberg andSäve-Söderbergh (2011), andSekita (2011). We also confirm that financially literate households are more likely to participate in financial markets, as shown by Van Rooij et al (2011) for the Netherlands and Yoong (2011) for the United States.…”
Section: Related Literaturesupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Verificando o padrão de respostas de homens (média 1,75) e mulheres (média 1,25), observou-se que as mulheres apresentam maior dificuldade em compreender conceitos financeiros e, consequentemente, exibem um menor nível de conhecimento financeiro. O resultado encontrado ratifica a maioria dos estudos que apontam as mulheres como detentoras de menor conhecimento financeiro (Lusardi, Mitchel & Curto, 2010;Sekita, 2011;Lusardi e Mitchel, 2011). Ao analisar a variável idade, encontrouse no grupo de faixa etária entre 21 e 22 anos (média 1,69) os detentores do maior conhecimento financeiro e no grupo dos indivíduos com menos de 20 anos (média 1,29) os menores valores de conhecimento.…”
Section: Análise E Discussão Dos Resultadosunclassified
“…Esse resultado é condizente com o encontrado por Collins (2012), que observou que pessoas com baixa renda têm menor conhecimento financeiro por não possuírem os recursos financeiros necessários para a realização de oficinas ou cursos de educação financeira. Estudos realizados por Lusardi e Mitchell (2005), Lusardi, Mitchell e Curto (2010), Sekita (2011) e Rooij, Lusardi e Alessie (2011 confirmam que indivíduos com renda mais elevada apresentam melhores níveis de conhecimento financeiro. Quanto à formação, encontra-se uma diferença relevante entre os universitários que possuem formação financeira e os que não a possuem, com médias de 1,75 e 1,19, respectivamente, na escala de conhecimento financeiro, o que indica que existem diferenças expressivas entre esses indivíduos.…”
Section: Análise E Discussão Dos Resultadosunclassified
“…-increases in the level of income -increases in the level of education -decreases in the degree of risk aversion 1 Analyses from Alessie et al (2011), Almenberg and Säve-Söderbergh, (2011), Crossan et al (2011), Bucher-Koenen and Lusardi (2011), Fornero and Monticone (2011, Klapper andPanos (2011), Lusardi andMitchell (2011b) and Sekita (2011) cover, respectively, Netherlands, Sweden, New Zeland, Germany, Italy, Russia, United States and Japan. Evidence from United States on the effect of financial literacy on planning and wealth accumulation is also contained in Lusardi and Mitchell (2007) and evidence from Italy on the effect of literacy on portfolio diversification is contained Guiso and Jappelli (2009). Moreover, the field of study is, even in this case, also relevant: in fact, Christiansen et al (2007) find that individuals with higher education in economics-related disciplines are, all things considered, more likely to invest in the stock market.…”
Section: Some Stylized Facts On Financial Literacy and Stock Market Pmentioning
confidence: 99%