2020
DOI: 10.7819/rbgn.v22i0.4058
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Financial Illiteracy and customer credit history

Abstract: Purpose -We study how financial illiteracy affects the probability of a derogatory mark on the customer's credit history.Design/methodology/approach -We use the National Survey on Financial Inclusion in Brazil together with information on financial instrument usage and spending provided by the head of the household. To estimate the impact of financial illiteracy on the probability of a derogatory mark we use a logistic model to compute the odds ratio.Findings -Our main result is that financially illiterate ind… Show more

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“…The context in which each author considers the definition of FL is also highlighted. In most FL studies, the focus is on the knowledge and skills of individuals, working on strategies of individuals involved in small and medium-sized enterprises [51], the capitalization of bonds [52], and how individuals manage their pension fund portfolios [53]. The focus on the different FL dimensions helps to explain the low FL levels in the region [21,23,24,[37][38][39][40][41][42].…”
Section: Fl Definitions In Lac Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The context in which each author considers the definition of FL is also highlighted. In most FL studies, the focus is on the knowledge and skills of individuals, working on strategies of individuals involved in small and medium-sized enterprises [51], the capitalization of bonds [52], and how individuals manage their pension fund portfolios [53]. The focus on the different FL dimensions helps to explain the low FL levels in the region [21,23,24,[37][38][39][40][41][42].…”
Section: Fl Definitions In Lac Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lower focus on FA can be explained by the difficulty of measuring the opinions and judgments of individuals regarding finances, creating a risk of generating biases in FL measurements. This is related to authors having to use a proxy to measure FL given the limitations of the data [52][53][54]. However, the FA dimension has the same relevance as the other two dimensions, as is demonstrated when comparing the different approaches of the definition of FL [2] and the relation between the three dimensions [36].…”
Section: Fl Definitions In Lac Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In other works, there are emphasized problems of non-cash payment development, restriction of the population access to the Internet and financial illiteracy (Braun & Netto, 2020;Fouillet et al, 2021). These issues are solved at the government level: introduction of programs that increase financial literacy among population, as this leads to a more aware choice of quality financial services and frequent usage of fintech programs for online payment.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%