Can financial literacy education reduce the use of Medicaid and SNAP?
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https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v28i4.3434Abstract
In recent decades, we have seen an increase in both the complexity of financial markets and the expectations of individual responsibility for people’s financial decision-making. Policies supporting financial literacy education are promoted as a way to decrease reliance on social safety nets. The assumption is that low levels of financial literacy translate to lower economic outcomes and, thus, increased dependence on social programs. We use the 2018 National Financial Capabilities Study to investigate the possible relationship between high school mandated financial literacy education and social program participation and find no evidence of such a relationship.
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