Alberto Bucci , Riccardo Calcagno , Simone Marsiglio , Tiago Neves Sequeira
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Financial literacy, human capital and long-run economic growth
Financial literacy has gained momentum in the policy arena and several countries are currently promoting it. Despite the undeniable importance of financial literacy in improving the allocation of savings across alternative uses, the impact of these policies on economic growth is not obvious. Indeed, financial literacy is a specialized form of human capital, thus favoring financial education may deter general education eventually generating detrimental effects on growth. This paper relies on an endogenous growth framework where human capital can be employed to accumulate financial literacy to assess the conditions under which the current policy setting may be beneficial in the long run. Our calibration based on the US economy over the 1950–2019 period shows that this may effectively be the case if the impact of financial literacy on the allocational efficiency of the financial sector is sufficiently strong.
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The focus of the North-American Journal of Economics and Finance is on the economics of integration of goods, services, financial markets, at both regional and global levels with the role of economic policy in that process playing an important role. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical and policy-related papers that rely on data and the experiences of countries outside North America are also welcome. Papers should offer concrete lessons about the ongoing process of globalization, or policy implications about how governments, domestic or international institutions, can improve the coordination of their activities. Empirical analysis should be capable of replication. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to supply data and computer programs.