Antecedents and Consequences of Household Financial Management in Brazilian Lower-Middle-Class

Abstract

Antecedentes e consequências do gerenciamento das finanças domésticas na classe média baixa brasileiraAntecedencias y consecuencias de la administración financiera doméstica en la clase media baja brasileña ABSTRACT Through two complementary and exploratory studies -one qualitative and one quantitative -this research aims to understand the ways in which lower-middle-class families in Brazil manage their household finances. The study proposes an integrated framework that brings together various previously disconnected theoretical fragments. Based on a survey with a sample of 165 lower-middle-class female consumers of a retail company in São Paulo, we explored and tested, via a quantitative study, how antecedents such as personal characteristics affect the financial management process, as well as its consequences, either negatively as defaults or positively as savings. The model calibration and analysis were derived from a series of regression analyses. The results revealed the mediator role that financial management plays in the relationship between personal characteristics and defaults and savings. Compared to previous studies with consumers of more affluent countries, we identified peculiar findings among Brazilian lower-middle-class consumers: inadequate attention to control, weak or no focus on short-or long-range planning, widespread absence of budget surplus, and influence of critical events on episodes of default.KEYWORDS | Household financial management, mental budget, default, savings, Brazilian lower-middle-class. RESUMO PALAVRAS-CHAVE | Gestão das finanças domésticas, orçamento mental, inadimplência, poupança, classe média baixa brasileira. RESUMEN Mediante dos estudios exploratorios complementarios -uno cualitativo y otro cuantitativo-, la presente investigación tiene como objetivo entender los medios por los cuales las familias de clase media-baja brasileña RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV-EAESP

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