Gender, stock market participation and financial literacy

Johan Almenberg and Anna Dreber

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 137, issue C, 140-142

Abstract: Women participate less than men in the stock market and score lower on financial literacy. We explore the link between this gender gap in stock market participation and financial literacy. Using survey data on a random sample of 1300 individuals that is representative of the Swedish population, we show that the estimated gender gap in stock market participation diminishes when we control for basic financial literacy, essentially a measure of numeracy. A gender gap in risk taking remains significant also when controlling for financial literacy.

Keywords: Stock market participation; Gender; Financial literacy; Numeracy; Risk attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.10.009

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