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Balance their priority and plan • …if they go to the cinema, will they still have enough money for the bus
what to spend money on fare home? Or would it be better to buy pizza and invite friends home?
Remember that some of the • …a games console will need new games, a motorbike will need fuel, tyres
purchases have ongoing costs and services
Being alert • …Some emails that look like they came from their bank might not be
to possible fraud legitimate, they should know what to do if they are not sure
Knowing what risk is and what • …If their phone gets stolen, they should ask their parents if it is covered
insurance is meant for by their household insurance
Make an informed decision • …they should know that if they buy a computer on credit they will have
about credit to pay interest on the loan, on top of the advertised price for the compute
Financial literacy content, context and processes
Content •
•
Coins and notes
Different ways of making payments
• Understanding bank statements
Money and
transactions • Saving and spending
• Credit and debt
• Financial decision making
Planning and
managing finances • Investment and saving
• Diversification
• Using credit
Risk and reward • Volatility of the market
• Exchange rates
• Consumer rights and responsibilities
Financial landscape • Understanding of the wider financial, econom
ic and social system
The PISA financial literacy test
• In 2015, around 48 000 students were assessed in financial
literacy, representing about 12 million 15-year-olds in the
schools of the 15 participating countries and economies
The main task is read the pay slip and to recognise that
Jane’s employer will only pay net salary into her bank
Content: Money and transactions and the context is education and work
Question 3: 131
Sara notices that Breezy Clothing made a mistake in the
invoice. Sara ordered and received two T-shirts, not three. The postage fee is Zeds
a fixed charged.
What will be the total of the new invoice?
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Spain
United States
Netherlands
Poland
Lithuania
Italy
B-S-J-G (China)
Slovak Republic
Belgium (Flemish)
Australia
Russia
OECD average-10
Canadian provinces
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In some countries, students nearing the end of compulsory education will soon
decide whether to take a student loan
0 10 20 30 40 50 %
Source: Education at a Glance 2016
Many young people use digital financial products
520
Russia
Netherlands
Australia
500
Spain
460
Lithuania
Slovak Republic
440
Chile
420
Peru
400
Brazil
380
Figure IV.3.6
Students’ financial literacy by proficiency levels
100 33 24 22
At Level 4, students can apply their
11
17 15 6 8 At Level 5, students can apply their
80 10 12 6 understanding of less common financial
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6 3 concepts and terms to contexts that will be
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students can concepts
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Figure IV.3.6
Students’ financial literacy by proficiency levels
100 33 11 24 22
BANK ERROR - Evaluate a potential financial
17 15 6 8
80 10 12 6 fraud and respond appropriately to a financial
4 6 3 scam e-mail message – Level 5
60 1
3
40
PAY SLIP - Read a pay slip and recognise that
% 20 the employer will only pay net salary into the
0 employee’s bank – Level 4
13 22 22 13
20 20
19 20 20 22 22
25 INVOICE Question 3 (partial credit) - Interpret
40 32 35 38 various elements on the same invoice to correct a
48
60 53 mistake in the billing – Level 3
80
Chile
Peru
Netherlands
Spain
Brazil
United States
Lithuania
Australia
Italy
B-S-J-G (China)
Poland
Belgium (Flemish)
Canadian provinces
Slovak Republic
Russia
OECD average-10
25th - 10th percentile 50th - 25th percentile 75th - 50th percentile 90th - 75th percentile
Brazil 302
Peru 276
Chile 274
Slovak Republic 311
Lithuania 266
Spain 265
Italy 249
Poland 262
United States 280
OECD average-10 285
Australia 309
Netherlands 312
Russia 232
Canadian provinces 295
Belgium (Flemish) 291
B-S-J-G (China) 312
Chile
Peru
Lithuania
Poland
Spain
Brazil
Netherlands
United States
Australia
Russia
Belgium (Flemish)
Italy
B-S-J-G (China)
Slovak Republic
Canadian provinces
OECD average-10
Students below Students at
Level 2 Level 5
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
%
%
Peru
Brazil
Lithuania
are low performers
Chile
Slovak Republic
Spain
Italy
Poland
Russia
United States
OECD average-10
Australia
Netherlands
Canadian provinces
Belgium (Flemish)
B-S-J-G (China)
… but in 9 countries and economies out of 15, more boys than girls
Girls
Girls
Boys
Boys
Figure IV.4.5
Socio-economically advantaged students score 89 points higher Table IV.4.11
than disadvantaged students, on average across OECD,
equivalent to more than one PISA proficiency level
Mean score, by quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS)
650
Top quarter of ESCS
600
Third quarter of ESCS
550 Second quarter of ESCS
500 Bottom quarter of ESCS
Score points
450
400
350
Difference
300 between
students in the
46
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60
79
104
103
117
78
132
110
73
71
89
97
77
80
top quarter and
Spain
Brazil
United States
Poland
Lithuania
Italy
Canadian provinces
Slovak Republic
Russia
OECD average-10
students in the
Chile
Peru
Netherlands
Australia
B-S-J-G (China)
Belgium (Flemish)
bottom quarter
of this index
Parents play a role in developing their children’s financial literacy not Figure IV.5.1
only through the resources that they make available to them but also
through direct engagement
510
500
490
Score points
480
Discussing money matters with parents at
470 least sometimes is associated with higher
financial literacy than never discussing the But discussing very
460 subject, after accounting for students’ socio- often may mean
economic status something else….
450
440
Never or hardly ever Once or twice a month Once or twice a week Almost every day
Figure IV.4.10
Immigrant students score 26 points lower in financial literacy than
native-born students of similar socio-economic status
120
100
Score-point difference
80
60
40
20
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Percentage of
-20 7 students with an
25
8
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immigrant
background
Italy
Russia
Spain
United States
Netherlands
Australia
Belgium (Flemish)
Canadian provinces
OECD average-10
Is financial literacy only about
mathematics and reading?
Table IV.3.10a
Student performance in financial literacy is correlated with performance
in mathematics and reading, but around 38% of the score reflects factors
that are uniquely captured by the financial literacy assessment
Variation uniquely associated with mathematics performance
Variation uniquely associated with reading performance
Variation associated with more than one domain
Variation uniquely captured by the financial literacy assessment
Australia 71
Netherlands 71
Belgium (Flemish) 70
United States 70
B-S-J-G (China) 69
Peru 68
Chile 62
Poland 62
OECD average-10 62
Spain 58
Lithuania 58
Canadian provinces 53
Italy 52
Slovak Republic 48
Brazil 47
Russia 45
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Total explained
variation
Financial literacy skills may go beyond or Figure IV.3.12
fall short of the ability to use the knowledge that students acquired
in compulsory education
Difference between the actual financial literacy score and the score predicted by students’
performance in mathematics and reading
40
Students’ performance in
30 financial literacy is higher
than the performance of
20
Score-point difference
0
-10 Students’ performance in
financial literacy is lower
-20 than the performance of
-30 students with similar scores
in mathematics and reading
-40
Peru
Chile
Spain
Netherlands
Brazil
United States
Lithuania
Poland
Slovak Republic
Italy
Australia
Belgium (Flemish)
B-S-J-G (China)
Canadian provinces
OECD average-10
Russia
Highest performing
countries/economies
Learning by doing
Chile
Spain
Netherlands
United States
Lithuania
Poland
Australia
Belgium (Flemish)
Italy
B-S-J-G (China)
Russia
Canadian provinces
Slovak Republic
OECD average-10
%
On average, students who hold a bank account perform better in Figure IV.5.5
financial literacy than students of similar socio-economic status
who do not have a bank account
Difference between students who have a bank account and students who do not
After accounting for socio-economic status Before accounting for socio-economic status
100
Score-point difference
80
60
40
20
0
-20
Belgium (Flemish)
Chile
Spain
Lithuania
Poland
United States
Netherlands
Italy
Australia
B-S-J-G (China)
Slovak Republic
Canadian provinces
Russia
OECD average-10
Table IV.5.10
Advantaged students are more likely to have a bank account
5
4 More than twice as likely to have a bank account
3
2
1
0
Chile
Spain
Netherlands
United States
Lithuania
Poland
Italy
B-S-J-G (China)
Slovak Republic
Australia
Belgium (Flemish)
Canadian provinces
Russia
OECD average-10
Financial literacy and
financial decisions and life aspirations
How is financial literacy related to students’
financial behaviors and future expectations?
Figure IV.6.1
Most students would save if they want to buy something for which
they do not have enough money
100%
90% Not buy it
80%
70% Save up to buy it
60%
50% Try to borrow money from a friend
40%
30% Try to borrow money from a family
member
20%
10% Buy it with money that really should
be used for something else
0%
Chile
Poland
Lithuania
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
provinces
United States
Australia
B-S-J-G (China)
Slovak Republic
Belgium (Flemish)
Canadian
OECD average-10
Russia
Figure IV.6.2
Students' financial literacy is associated with
understanding the value of saving
Level 2 or 3 Level 4 or 5
3.50
High performing students are
more than twice as likely as low-
3.00 performing students in financial
literacy to choose the statement
"Save up to buy it" rather than
Odds ratio
2.50
"Buy it with money that really
should be used for something
2.00 else“, after accounting for
performance in mathematics
1.50 and reading and other
characteristics.
1.00
Try to borrow money Try to borrow money Save up to buy it Not buy it
from a family from a friend
member
Top-performing students in financial literacy are more likely than low- Figure IV.6.5
performing students to report that they expect to complete university
education – in some countries
Increased likelihood of students at various proficiency levels in financial literacy to expect to complete education at ISCED
Level 5A or 6, after accounting for students performance in mathematics and reading and other characteristics
4
Level 2
3.5
Level 3
3
Level 4
2.5
Level 5
Odds ratio
2
1.5
1
0.5
These students
0
may be more likely
Belgium (Flemish)
Chile
Peru
Poland
Brazil
Spain
United States
Netherlands
Lithuania
Italy
Australia
B-S-J-G (China)
Canadian provinces
Russia
OECD average-10
to see the value of
investing in higher
education
Top-performing students in financial literacy are more likely than low- Figure IV.6.6
performing students with similar characteristics to report that they
expect to have a high-skilled occupation when they are 30 years old
2
Level 2
1.8 Level 3
Level 4
1.6 Level 5
Odds ratio
1.4
1.2
Chile
Peru
Brazil
Spain
United States
Lithuania
Netherlands
Australia
B-S-J-G (China)
Poland
Italy
Canadian provinces
Slovak Republic
OECD average-10
Russia
in higher education to
work in a high-skilled
occupation
What do the results mean for policy?
A multifaceted policy agenda
Address the
Evaluate the needs of low-
impact of performing Tackle socio-
initiatives in students economic
and outside of inequalities
school early on
Financial
Provide young literacy Provide equal
people with safe skills for opportunities for
opportunities to all learning to boys
learn by experience students and girls
outside of school
Help students
make the most of
Target parents at available learning
the same time as opportunities at
young people school
What are countries already doing?
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