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Financial education indicator: proposal of an instrument from the Item Response Theory

ABSTRACT:

This paper aims to construct and validate an indicator of financial education, a relevant subject that is among the themes suggested to compose the National Curricular Common Base, that needs advances. For this, an instrument was developed with thirteen items, which were analyzed from the Item Response Theory. In this context, 1576 instruments were applied in all seven mesoregions of Rio Grande do Sul, estimating the characteristic curves of the items and individuals’ proficiencies. The results indicated the adequacy of the proposed indicator and allowed the construction of proficiency levels in financial education.

Keywords:
Behavioral finance; Financial education; Scales; Item response theory; Financial citizenship

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