Essays about: "gender and literacy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words gender and literacy.
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1. Patience, the feminine virtue of investing : A mixed-methods approach to studying gender-based investment behaviours and the investment gap.
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background – This study discusses gender-based differences in investment behaviour and its economic consequences. Despite significant advancements in gender equality, inequalities such as the gender wealth gap exist. This paper explores the difference in investment behaviour and factors that influence said behaviour. READ MORE
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2. Financial Literacy, Environmental Literacy, and Environmental Related Financial Preference - The Case of China
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This paper describes a survey of a sample of Chinese individuals regarding their financial literacy, environmental literacy, attitudes toward ESG, and environmental related financial preference to investigate if pro-investment attitudes are related to financial decision-making. The data revealed that individuals with higher financial knowledge (FL) also have higher environmental knowledge (EL) and the effect is stronger among consumers who incorporate sustainability factors into their investment selection. READ MORE
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3. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE
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4. Financial Literacy's Effect on Overconfidence
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The concept of behavioural finance has taken more ground concerning the traditional finance paradigm during the last decade. A vital part of the behavioural finance theorem is the subject of behavioural biases and the mistakes these biases have on private stock investors. READ MORE
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5. "She'd learn over and over from Pa: these men had to have the last punch" : A literary analysis of Delia Owen's Where the Crawdads Sing and how it can be incorporated in the EFL classroom to discuss men's violence against women
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay offers a literary study of the novel Where the Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens published in 2018. The aim is to analyze the presence of men’s violence against women by focusing on the protagonist Kya. READ MORE