TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Urban, Carly
        TI  - Does State-Mandated Financial Education Reduce High School Graduation Rates?
        PY  - 2022/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15402
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15402
        AB  - Concerned about low levels of financial literacy among teens and the importance of their looming financial decisions as emerging adults, state policymakers have expanded high school personal finance graduation requirements. Did these added requirements create an additional barrier for students? Comparing students in states with and without standalone personal finance course requirements before and after the requirements went into place, there is no evidence that these requirements reduced graduation rates overall, by race, by gender, or by family income. Existing research quantifies improvements in debt and credit behaviors, and these findings suggest there are not simultaneous adverse effects overall or for at-risk students.
        KW  - high school graduation
KW  - personal finance
KW  - financial education
        ER  -