Financial literacy amongst elderly Australians
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T1 - Financial literacy amongst elderly Australians
AU - Xue, Rui
AU - Gepp, Adrian
AU - O'Neill, Terence
AU - Stern, Steven
AU - Vanstone, Bruce J
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Financial illiteracy is widespread amongst the elderly. Financially illiterate people are more likely to experience asset loss and outlive their savings after retirement. This paper measures financial literacy of elderly Australians using Item Responses Theory. Using a Lasso regression, we find that younger, married males with higher income and greater net wealth are more likely to be financially literate. Better financial literacy is also associated with good health, higher educational attainment, better occupation and outright home ownership. Our findings suggest policy‐makers take action and we make informed and practicable policy recommendations.
AB - Financial illiteracy is widespread amongst the elderly. Financially illiterate people are more likely to experience asset loss and outlive their savings after retirement. This paper measures financial literacy of elderly Australians using Item Responses Theory. Using a Lasso regression, we find that younger, married males with higher income and greater net wealth are more likely to be financially literate. Better financial literacy is also associated with good health, higher educational attainment, better occupation and outright home ownership. Our findings suggest policy‐makers take action and we make informed and practicable policy recommendations.
U2 - 10.1111/acfi.12362
DO - 10.1111/acfi.12362
M3 - Article
VL - 59
SP - 887
EP - 918
JO - Accounting and Finance
JF - Accounting and Finance
SN - 0810-5391
IS - S1
ER -