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Lietuvos moksleivių finansinio raštingumo poveikis jų taupymo elgsenai
The Impact of Financial Literacy on Saving Behaviour of Lithuanian High School Students

Author(s): Asta Gaigalienė, Agnė Karpavičiūtė
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Higher Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Adolescent saving; Personal finance; Financial education;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to assess the impact of financial literacy of Lithuanian high school students on their saving behavior in the short run. The survey questioned objective and subjective financial literacy, saving level, regularity in saving, saving motives, attitude towards saving, saving motivation and confidence in the saving skills of Lithuanian high school students. This data was used to assess financial literacy as a factor of more rational saving behavior of researched adolescents.

  • Issue Year: 11/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-60
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Lithuanian