Student-led investigation, delivered by Young Scot to identify what financial capability support and interventions currently exist for further and higher education students across Scotland.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Scotland
Year of publication: 2018
Birmingham Settlement What Works project
Money workshops delivered by Birmingham Settlement with marginalised young people aged 11-25 in structured and community settings.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Evaluation of MyBnk Money Works
Money Works is a financial education programme targeted at ‘vulnerable’ young people. It is delivered by MyBnk across England and Wales, through a variety of host organisations.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England and Wales
Year of publication: 2018
Evaluation of a project delivered by the National Youth Agency to 500 16-21 year olds, to improve their financial knowledge and to help them make good decisions about finances in the future.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Budgeting and keeping track, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
West Kent’s financial capability training for current and prospective apprentices/trainees aged 16-24.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Money Matters: Financial capability, wellbeing and young people
Evaluation of YIACS in improving 16-24 year old’s financial capability, through 451 paired pre-and post-intervention surveys of young people with money issues across nine organisations.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Independent evaluation of the Community Links’ What Works project
Embedding FinCap training into employment programmes for young people and working-age adults.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
A randomised control trial evaluating the impact of training teachers in financial education on the financial capability outcomes of the post-16 students they teach.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Randomised controlled trial evaluation of The Money Charity's workshops in Schools
A cluster-RCT and process evaluation of Money Workshops delivered by The Money Charity in schools and colleges with pupils aged 14-19.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: England, Northern Ireland & Wales
Year of publication: 2018
Citizens Advice Basingtoke - What Works project evaluation report
Financial capability training courses delivered to vulnerable young people by Citizens Advice Basingstoke and peer mentors.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
What Works for You project evaluation
Intervention by Exeter Community Housing Aid to support young people aged 16-25 & working aged adults who have recently been released from prison with Financial Capability.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
PISA 2015: students' financial literacy
Report of a large-scale assessment of the financial literacy skills of 15-year-olds across 15 countries
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: US & Canada, Australia, China, Chile, Peru, Brazil & various Europe.
Year of publication: 2017
Teaching everyday money skills to young people with disabilities
Work Pay$ is a workplace/classroom based financial literacy pilot programme delivered to young people with disabilities in Adelaide, Australia.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Australia
Year of publication: 2017
Evaluating experiential financial capability education: a field study of My Classroom Economy
This study looks at financial education of upper elementary age children. It assesses the impact of participation in a simulated classroom economy on several hypothesized antecedents of financial wellbeing.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries:
Year of publication: 2017
Financial capability of children, young people and parents in the UK 2016
Report of a UK-wide survey of the financial capability – knowledge, attitudes and behaviours – of 4-17-year-olds and their parents
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2017
G20/OECD INFE report on adult financial literacy in the G20
This OECD report describes levels of financial literacy in the G20 countries (plus Norway and the Netherlands).
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: International/OECD/G20
Year of publication: 2017
Financial education and consumer protection for all in the digital age
This OECD report discusses the implications of the digitalisation of finance for financial education, highlighting the need to enhance financial education frameworks.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: International/OECD
Year of publication: 2017
Culture and financial literacy
This study examines the effect of culture on financial literacy by comparing secondary school students along the German-French language border within Switzerland.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Switzerland
Year of publication: 2017
Evaluation of the Dollars Making Sense Programme
One-to-one financial literacy tuition delivered by the Noosa Library Services to adults with low literacy levels.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Australia
Year of publication: 2017
National research plan for financial literacy 2016-2018
This report presents Canada’s National Research Plan for Financial Literacy, to generate key evidence for the implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Literacy.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: Canada
Year of publication: 2017
