 Financial Education and Savings Outcomes for Low-Income IDA Participants: Does Age Make a Difference?Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Shenyang Guo, Vanessa Reinertson and Blair Russell Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2015, vol. 49, issue 1, 156-185 Abstract: type="main" xml:id="joca12061-abs-0001"> This study considers the impact of financial education dosage on savings outcomes of participants in Individual Development Account (IDA) programs. It analyzes data from a sample of approximately 2,000 participants in the American Dream Policy Demonstration, disaggregates outcomes by age, and uses propensity score modeling to control for endogeneity and selection bias. We find that, relative to counterparts who did not complete educational requirements, IDA participants who completed program requirements for financial education had higher average monthly savings, saved a higher portion of their income, and deposited savings more frequently. Notably, we find that participants aged 36 or older experienced increasing returns on investment in financial education, and the best outcomes are found among those with more than 200% of the required dose of financial education. However, younger participants with more than 100% of the required dose are found to experience a diminishing return on their investment in financial education. Date: 2015 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jconsa:v:49:y:2015:i:1:p:156-185 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Consumer Affairs is currently edited by Sharon Tennyson More articles in Journal of Consumer Affairs from Wiley Blackwell |
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