Attempts to systemize financial and economic education and financial literacy required by contemporary Japanese society

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13025
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Money/ Finance
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: YAMORI Nobuyoshi 神戸大学, 社会システムイノベーションセンター, 教授 (80220515)
• Research Collaborator: UEYAMA Hitoe ; KITANO Yuuji
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 金融経済教育 / 金融リテラシー / アンケート調査 / 金融トラブル / 金融行動 / 政策提言

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Japanese government has begun various policy initiatives to improve financial and economic education and to enhance financial literacy in Japan. However, academic research on financial education and financial literacy has only just started in Japan, and basic research evidences for policy discussion are insufficient. Therefore, focusing on various social sectors of the economy, we conducted multiple surveys on the level of financial literacy, the contents of financial and economic education that had been received so far, and the characteristics of their financial behaviors. Then, based on the results, we made several policy recommendations.

Free Research Field

経済学