Financial literacy and stock market participation
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The more financially literate are more likely to invest in the stock market and earn higher risk-adjusted returns on their investments.
“the more financially literate are more likely to invest in the stock market, and hence, earn higher (risk-adjusted) returns on their investments (van Rooij, Lusardi, and Alessi 2011;Clark, Lusardi, and Mitchell 2017).”
From The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field (2023) · cites this paper as van Rooij, Lusardi, and Alessi 2011
Section 5 (p. 18) finds that people with higher financial literacy are more likely to participate in the stock market. The paper does not establish that they consequently earn higher risk-adjusted investment returns; its discussion of successful investing in Section 5 (p. 19) presents a hypothetical explanation, not a measured finding. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe percentage of correct answers doubled in van Rooij et al. (2011b) when the wording for the third Big Three question was 'buying company stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund' as compared to phrasing the question reversely.
“In fact, the percentage of correct answers doubled in the latter study when the wording for the third question of the Big Three was ''buying company stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund'' as compared to phrasing the question reversely”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
Box 2, p. 13, says the number of correct answers doubled for the quoted wording compared with its reverse. Box 2, pp. 12–13, presents this as an advanced financial-literacy question, not as the third question of the “Big Three”; that identification is not supported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAnswers of survey participants differ significantly based on the wording of the test questions.
“Specifically, Lusardi and Mitchell (2011a, b) and van Rooij et al. (2011b) document that the answers of survey participants differ significantly based on the wording of the test questions.”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
Both self-assessed and objectively measured financial literacy predict individuals' propensity to hold stocks.
“Likewise, van Rooij et al. (2011b) find that both self-assessed and objectively measured financial literacy predict individuals' propensity to hold stocks.”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
Van Rooij et al. (2011b) document a positive relationship between stock market participation and financial literacy.
“van Rooij et al. (2011b) who document a positive relationship between stock market participation and financial literacy”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
Financial literacy is positively correlated with stock market participation.
“Another robust finding in the literature is a positive correlation between stock market participation and financial literacy (e.g., Kimball and Shumway 2006;Christelis et al. 2010;van Rooij et al. 2011b;Balloch et al. 2015;Clark et al. 2015).”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. 2011b
Financial sophistication is positively related to stock market participation of retail investors in the Netherlands.
“Specifically, van Rooij et al. (2011b) document that financial sophistication is positively related to stock market participation of retail investors in the Netherlands.”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
van Rooij et al. (2011b) show that people who are less financially literate rely more on informal sources of financial advice, such as friends and family.
“van Rooij et al. (2011b) exploit the Dutch Household Survey (DHS) and show that people who are less financially literate rely more on informal sources of financial advice, such as friends and family.”
From Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior (2017) · cites this paper as van Rooij et al. (2011b)
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Financial literacy and pension plan participation in Italy
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“Standard errors are clustered at the regional level. and the tendency to avoid over-indebtedness (Kimball and Shumway, 2007; Guiso and Jappelli, 2008; Lusardi and Tufano, 2008; van Rooij et al., 2011).”
Energy literacy, awareness, and conservation behavior of residential households
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Financial Literacy, Information, and Demand Elasticity: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Mexico
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“Using the answers we formed a financial literacy index that is the sum of correct answers across the three questions (Lusardi and Mitchell (2007), Alessie et al. (2007)).”
Variables Influencing Cryptocurrency Use: A Technology Acceptance Model in Spain
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“Van Rooij et al. (2011) show that financial literacy affects financial decision-making: people with low financial literacy are much less likely to invest in stocks.”
BackgroundFinancial Literacy, Portfolio Choice and Financial Well-Being
Chu, Z. Y., Wang, Z., Xiao, J. J., & Zhang, W. (2016) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-016-1309-2 · Cited by 353 · see citing works
Financial Literacy: An Essential Tool for Informed Consumer Choice?
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Self-citationFinancial literacy and consumer credit portfolios
Disney, R., & Gathergood, J. (2013) · Journal of Banking & Finance · doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.01.013 · Cited by 439 · see citing works
“…out on saving plans for retirement (Bernheim, 1998; Lusardi and Mitchell, 2007; Banks et al, 2010; Clark et al, 2011; Hastings et al, 2011) and stock market 2 participation and portfolio selection (Haliassos and Bertaut, 1995; Guiso and Jappelli, 2009; van Rooji et al., 2011a, 2011b; Yoong, 2011).”
BackgroundCan You Help Someone Become Financially Capable? A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
Miller, M. J., Reichelstein, J., Salas, C., & Zia, B. (2015) · The World Bank Research Observer · doi:10.1093/wbro/lkv009 · Cited by 339 · see citing works
“…Lusardi 2011; Lusardi and Mitchell 2012; 2007); investment decisions such as diversifica-tion (Abreu and Mendes 2010) and investments in equities (Van Rooij et al. 2011; Christelis et al. 2010); credit management and satisfaction; and mortgage performance (Gerardi et al. 2010; Quercia and Spader…”
BackgroundHow financial literacy and demographic variables relate to behavioral biases
Baker, H. K., Kumar, S., Goyal, N., & Gaur, V. (2018) · Managerial Finance · doi:10.1108/mf-01-2018-0003 · Cited by 323 · see citing works
How Does Financial Literacy Promote Sustainability in SMEs? A Developing Country Perspective
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Financial literacy and the demand for financial advice
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Financial literacy and financial behavior: Evidence from the emerging Asian middle class
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“The literature of financial literacy first developed to study the link between financial literacy and retirement planning (Ameriks et al., 2003, Lusardi and Mitchell, 2007, Bucher-Koenen and Lusardi, 2015, Van Rooij et al., 2011b).”
BackgroundFinancial literacy, financial inclusion, and savings behavior in Laos
Morgan, P., & Long, T. Q. (2020) · Journal of Asian Economics · doi:10.1016/j.asieco.2020.101197 · Cited by 307 · see citing works
Nature or nurture: What determines investor behavior?☆
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The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field
Lusardi, A., & Mitchell, O. S. (2023) · Journal of Economic Perspectives · doi:10.1257/jep.37.4.137 · Cited by 308 · see citing works
Self-citationFinancial Literacy and Financial Behavior among Young Adults: Evidence and Implications
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“A few studies in the literature have tried to account for these problems by using IV estimation, and they consistently report IV estimates of the effects of financial literacy that are larger than the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates (Lusardi and Mitchell 2009; Alessie et al. 2011; Van Rooij et al. 2011, 2012).”
InfluentialFinancial literacy and retirement planning in Japan
Sekita, S. (2011) · Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance · doi:10.1017/s1474747211000527 · Cited by 291 · see citing works
“29 US and Dutch households' responses to similar questions are given in previous studies (Lusardi and Mitc hell (2009) and Van Rooij et al. (2007)).”
Financial Literacy Around the World: An OverviewPreprint
Lusardi, A., & Mitchell, O. S. (2011) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1810551 · Cited by 290 · see citing works
Self-citationFinancial Literacy and Portfolio Dynamics
Milo Bianchi, Y. (2017) · The Journal of Finance · doi:10.1111/jofi.12605 · Cited by 286 · see citing works
Financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands
Alessie, R. J. M., van Rooij, M., & Lusardi, A. (2011) · Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance · doi:10.1017/s1474747211000461 · Cited by 284 · see citing works
“4 Van Rooij et al. (2011a) also use these instruments. have higher financial literacy.5 In addition to the financial situation of siblings, we also consider parents’ understanding of financial matters as perceived by the respondent.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialSelf-citationFinancial literacy and youth entrepreneurship in South Africa
Oseifuah, E. K. (2010) · African Journal of Economic and Management Studies · doi:10.1108/20400701011073473 · Cited by 281 · see citing works
Attitudinal factors, financial literacy, and stock market participation
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Towards an understanding of consumers’ FinTech adoption: The case of Open Banking
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Financial literacy: Do people know the ABCs of finance?
Lusardi, A. (2015) · Public Understanding of Science · doi:10.1177/0963662514564516 · Cited by 277 · see citing works
“See Van Rooij et al. (2011) for detail.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSelf-citationPast behaviour, financial literacy and investment decision-making process of individual investors
Raut, R. K. (2020) · International Journal of Emerging Markets · doi:10.1108/ijoem-07-2018-0379 · Cited by 356 · see citing works
Who takes Risks When and Why: Determinants of Changes in Investor Risk Taking*
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“Using cross-sectional UBS/Gallup surveys, Fisher and Statman (2002) and Vissing-Jorgensen (2003) showed that people’s long- and short-term return expectations change substantially over time.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialOptimism, Financial Literacy and Participation
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“In all specifications, older, higher income respondents are more likely to have saved, as are more educated respondents, and respondents 9Van Rooij, Lusardi, and Alessie (2012) show that financial literacy is related to retirement planning in a sample of Dutch households.”
Limited and Varying Consumer Attention: Evidence from Shocks to the Salience of Bank Overdraft Fees
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Americans' Financial Capability
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Self-citationRestoring Rational Choice: The Challenge of Consumer Financial Regulation
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Retail trader sophistication and stock market quality: Evidence from brokerage outages
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“Further, recent empirical evidence suggests a strong correlation between financial literacy and behaviour (Cole, Sampson, and Zia 2009) and that an important determinant of stock market participation is financial literacy (Van Rooij, Lusardi, and Alessie 2011).”
BackgroundInfluentialFinancial Literacy: An Essential Tool for Informed Consumer Choice?Preprint
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Self-citationFinancial Literacy and Financial Sophistication in the Older Population
Lusardi, A., Mitchell, O. S., & Curto, V. E. (2014) · Journal of Pension Economics and Finance · doi:10.1017/s1474747214000031 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
“…into financial knowledge among the older population by asking additional questions which have also been 2 For other examples of how to construct indexes of financial literacy and sophistication, see van Rooij et al. (2011), Lusardi and Mitchell (2009), Knoll and Houts (2012), and Seligman (2012).”
InfluentialSelf-citationGender differences in financial risk taking: The role of financial literacy and risk tolerance
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“Our choice of control variables follows Van Rooij et al. (2011).”
Financial literacy, confidence and financial advice seeking
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“To obtain scores on financial literacy for each respondent, we performed a factor analysis similar to Van Rooij et al. (2011a) on both our datasets.”
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Overconfidence and investment: An experimental approach
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“More numerate and financially literate individuals are more likely to participate in financial markets (Van Rooij et al. (2011), Almenberg and Dreber (2015)), make fewer mistakes in their investment strategies (Calvet et al. (2009)), engage in retirement planning and as a result accumulate more…”
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Is knowledge that powerful? Financial literacy and access to finance
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Assessing financial literacy in 12 countries: an OECD/INFE international pilot exercise
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“These knowledge questions were specifically chosen to be as close as possible to questions used widely in studies linking financial literacy to specific financial outcomes (see, e.g., Hilgert et al., 2003; van Rooij et al., 2011; Lusardi and Mitchell, 2008).”
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Financial Decision Making
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“Planning for retirement also seems to be accelerated by personal experience, such as seeing the financial condition of older siblings and parents [5,102].”
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Financial Literacy around the World: An Overview
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“We also measured stock market participation, risk aversion, trust (Guiso, Sapienza, and Zingales 2008), and financial literacy (van Rooij, Lusardi, and Alessie 2011).”
InfluentialFinancial Literacy and the Demand for Financial AdvicePreprint
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Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Economic Outcomes
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Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Switzerland
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“Second, we examine whether the observed correlation between financial literacy and retirement savings carries over to other types of financial behavior, i.e., financial market participation (as in Van Rooij et al. 2011) and household borrowing (as in Lusardi and Tufano 2009; Gerardi et al. 2010).”
BackgroundSocial identification and investment decisions
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Old Age and the Decline in Financial Literacy
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“Descriptive results from van Rooij et al. (2011) show that the proportion of respondents in the highest basic financial literacy quartile peaks in the 41–50 age category and is lowest among those ages 71 and older.”
Influential
- Authors
- van Rooij, M., Lusardi, A., & Alessie, R.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lusardi, Annamaria
- Venue
- Journal of Financial Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 449-472
- ISSN
- 0304-405X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3121918578
- Semantic Scholar
- 79807a99ddf557ff4b81d96e0add8f4a7674d1e8
- Cited by
- 3,554
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 288 · 2025: 324 · 2024: 366 · 2023: 316 · 2022: 300 · 2021: 291 · 2020: 275 · 2019: 207 · 2018: 178 · 2017: 180 · 2016: 142 · 2015: 166 · 2014: 136 · 2013: 120 · 2012: 91
- FWCI
- 88.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Financial Economics (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Econstor (Econstor) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Financial Literacy and Behavior
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Keywords
- financial literacy, stock market participation, household investment, financial numeracy, interest rates, financial instruments, bonds, mutual funds, risk diversification, survey question wording, retirement savings, financial decision-making
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