The Long-Term Impact of High School Financial Education Evidence from Brazil

In 2011, the impact of a comprehensive financial education program was studied through a randomized controlled trial with 892 high schools in six Brazilian states. Using administrative data, this paper follows 16,000 students for the next nine years. The short-term findings were that the treatment s...

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Main Author: Bruhn, Miriam
Other Authors: Zia, Bilal, Garber, Gabriel, Koyama, Sergio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2022
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