What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision Making

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-106

  Fonseca, Raquel ^a,b   Mullen, Kathleen J ^b   Zamarro, Gema ^b,c   Zissimopoulos, Julie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b RAND   (United States)

^c Pardee RAND Graduate School of Public Policy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84858692535     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2011.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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