Gender gaps in financial literacy: a multi-arm RCT to break the response bias in surveys

Laura Hospido, Nagore Iriberri and Margarita Machelett

No 18646, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Gender gaps in financial literacy are pervasive and persistent. They are partly explained because women choose “I do not know†more frequently. We test for the effectiveness of three interventions to shift this behavior. The control survey includes the possibility of “I do not know". The three treatments either exclude this possibility, offer incentives for correct answers, or inform survey takers of the existing gender gap in choosing this answer option. While all interventions are very effective in reducing this answer option, only the information significantly reduces the gender gap in “I do not know†and in financial literacy.

Keywords: Financial; literacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C9 D14 D91 G53 I22 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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Working Paper: Gender gaps in financial literacy: a multi-arm RCT to break the response bias in surveys (2024)
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