Gender gap in financial literacy: a lack of knowledge or confidence?

<div>Women are less financially literate than men. But does this gap reflect a lack of knowledge or a lack of confidence? To find out <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/maria-demertzis/">Maria Demertzis</a>, deputy director of Bruegel is joined by <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/annamaria-lusardi/">Annamaria Lusardi</a>, Professor of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington University and non-resident fellow at Bruegel and <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/author/maarten-van-rooij/">Maarten van Rooij</a>, senior economist at the Dutch Central Bank in The Sound of Economics.<br> <br> </div> <div>Annamaria and Maarten explain their findings in a recently published paper that about one-third of the financial literacy gender gap can be explained by women’s lower confidence levels.<br> <br> </div> <div>Relevant publication:<br> Bucher-Koenen F., R. Alessie, A. Lusardi and M. Rooij (2021) ‘<a href="https://gflec.org/research/?item=26365">Fearless woman: financial literacy and stock market participation</a>’.<br> <br> </div>