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Financial education via television comedy

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  • Andrew Crawford
  • Paul Lajbcygier
  • Pushkar Maitra

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We show that television may be able to deliver rudimentary financial literacy in a cost-effective manner. In a controlled experiment, Cambodian garment factory workers were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: no video (baseline), slideshow and comedy TV show. After the intervention, to examine whether individuals were able to internalize the information that was provided, participants were asked to answer a set of questions on financial knowledge and attitudes. Our results show that participants randomly assigned to the comedy show are significantly more likely to report that they are interested in obtaining more information on savings accounts and are also significantly more likely to open a savings account in the next 6 months. This method of delivery may prove effective particularly for the disadvantaged sections of the population in remote regions of Cambodia.

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  • Andrew Crawford & Paul Lajbcygier & Pushkar Maitra, 2018. "Financial education via television comedy," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(20), pages 1407-1410, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:25:y:2018:i:20:p:1407-1410
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1422595
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