Towards financial literacy: a case of Slovakia

Judita Táncošová (), Marcel Lincényi () and Michal Fabuš ()
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Judita Táncošová: Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Marcel Lincényi: Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Michal Fabuš: Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2023, vol. 10, issue 3, 288-301

Abstract: The level of financial literacy in the Slovak Republic has long been below the European Union average, which is confirmed by several surveys in recent years. In practice, this creates several problems. Almost a million Slovaks have at least one foreclosure, resulting from buying necessities on credit and then living in ever-increasing debt. Knowledge of finance and business among employees or budding entrepreneurs is also problematic. Conservative Slovaks also keep most of their money in products with zero interest and are afraid to invest and capitalize on their savings. The National Bank of Slovakia and the Slovak Bank Association have been calling for a change in school curricula for a long time because financially illiterate pupils eventually become poorly literate clients. The contribution's primary purpose was to analyze the state of financial education in secondary schools in the Slovak Republic, including a more effective design of the content and method of teaching financial literacy. More effective financial education could help reduce poverty in Slovakia and more effective financial and business literacy in society

Keywords: financial education; financial literacy; Slovakia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 C12 G53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2023.10.3(19)

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