Financial literacy and young people

Key articles and resources on financial literacy and young people are listed below, by country:

OECD countries | Australia | Canada | France | United Kingdom | United States

OECD countries 

• OECD Observer (2006),  The asset test: should financial education form part of standard school curricula, alongside history or mathematics?

Australia 

• Curriculum Corporation (2005), State and Territory Curriculum Mapping for Financial Literacy
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2003), Financial Literacy in Schools, Consultation Paper 45, June 2003

Canada

• Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (2006), Money and Youth

France

• Institut pour l’Education Financière du Public IEFP (2006), A Study on Young People and Money (in French only)

United Kingdom

• FSA (2006), Financial Capability in the UK: Creating a Step Change in Schools
• FSA (2005), Helping Young Adults Become Financially Capable: Case studies of organisations assisting young adults to take control of their finances
• FSA (2004), Young people and financial matters, Consumer Research no.25, March 2004
• Personal Finance Education Group PFEG, Helping teachers to develop financial capability in young people 
• Personal Finance Research Centre (2004), Adele Atkinson and Elaine Kempson, Young people, money management, borrowing and saving, April 2004
• Department for Employment and Education (2002), Financial Capability through Personal Financial Education, Guidance for Schools at Key Stages 1 & 2

United States

• Stanley H. Breitbard (2003),  JumpStart, CPAs can add the spark, Journal of Accountancy, December 2003
• Credit Union National Association (2002), Financial literacy in schools: the credit union commitment
• US Department of the Treasury (2002), Integrating financial education into school curricula, White Paper, Office of Financial Education, October 2002
• Haiyang Chen and Ronald P. Volpe (1998), An Analysis of Personal Financial Literacy Among College Students