«Financial education: international evidence on what students know, what shapes their skills, and what works in the classroom»
SEMINAR
9 de julio de 2026
12:30-14:30 h
This seminar, organised by Funcas, brings together international evidence on young people’s financial literacy and on the policies designed to strengthen it. Drawing on the PISA 2022 financial literacy assessment and the OECD Skills Outlook 2025, it examines how 15-year-olds perform, how their skills and confidence are shaped by their background, and what recent research tells us about the most effective ways to teach financial education.
The seminar combines an international diagnosis with experimental evidence from the classroom. It looks at the role of parents, socio-economic background and gender in students’ financial competence and confidence, and presents findings from randomized controlled trials evaluating financial education programmes in schools, including the contribution of teachers and the conditions under which these interventions work best. It closes with a discussion of the avenues available to strengthen financial education going forward.
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Programa
12:30 h Welcome and introduction
Ismael Sanz, Profesor URJC, Visiting Senior Fellow London School of Economics and Funcas
12:35 h The PISA 2022 financial literacy results: the role of parents and socio-economic backgrounds
Elsa Favre-Baron, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
13:00 h Gender gaps in financial literacy: a multi-arm rct to break the response bias in surveys
Margarita Machelett, Spanish Economy Analysis Department, Banco de España
13:25 h Financial literacy calls the roll: the effectiveness of a financial education program in Italian schools
Gabriele Iannotta, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
13:50 h Financial literacy calls the roll: the effectiveness of a financial education program in Italian schools
Francisco Rodríguez, Director of Financial Sector & Digitalization of Funcas and Universidad de Granada
14:15 h Discussion and questions
14:30 h End of the seminar