Empowering women in finance through developing girls’ financial literacy skills in the United States

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This study examines the effectiveness of a financial literacy program, Invest in Girls (IIG), in promoting financial capability among high school girls. Using a quasi-experimental separate-samples pretest-posttest design and a longitudinal qualitative study, the study aims to assess the program efficacy and investigate the perspectives of the female students on its impact on their knowledge, behavior, and future goals and aspirations. The results indicated that the participants had significantly higher confidence for engaging in financial literacy after the program. The findings from the longitudinal study also suggested that that the program was influencing the students in positive ways, increasing their financial capability and leading them to consider wide occupational pathways available in finance. Given the lack of female leaders in the world of finance, the IIG program aims to address gender disparity in financial knowledge and highlight the importance of building financial literacy skills among girls.

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Park, C. M., Kraus, A. D., Dai, Y., Fantry, C., Block, T., Kelder, B., … Solberg, V. S. H. (2021). Empowering women in finance through developing girls’ financial literacy skills in the United States. Behavioral Sciences, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120176

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