Replication data for: The Impact of High School Financial Education: Evidence from a Large-Scale Evaluation in Brazil

Name: Replication data for: The Impact of High School Financial Education: Evidence from a Large-Scale Evaluation in Brazil
Published: 2016-10-01
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Keywords: Randomized Control Trial

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Miriam Bruhn; Luciana de Souza Leão; Arianna Legovini; Rogelio Marchetti; Bilal Zia

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Project Citation:

Bruhn, Miriam, Leão, Luciana de Souza, Legovini, Arianna, Marchetti, Rogelio, and Zia, Bilal. Replication data for: The Impact of High School Financial Education: Evidence from a Large-Scale Evaluation in Brazil. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116339V1

Project Description

Summary: We study the impact of a comprehensive high school financial education program spanning 6 states, 892 schools, and approximately 25,000 students in Brazil through a randomized control trial. The program increased student financial proficiency by a quarter of a standard deviation and raised grade-level passing rates. Short-term financial behaviors, however, show mixed results with significant improvements in students' savings and budgeting as well as positive spillovers to parents, but also an increase in students' use of expensive credit to make consumer purchases.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Randomized Control Trial

JEL Classification:
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      I21 Analysis of Education
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
      O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

Geographic Coverage: Brazil

Time Period(s): 2010 – 2012

Universe: High School students in Brazil

Data Type(s): survey data; administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source: Administrative School Records; Survey Data

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual students,

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