Taylor, MP and Jenkins, SP and Sacker, A (2011) 'Financial capability and psychological health.' Journal of Economic Psychology, 32 (5). pp. 710-723. ISSN 0167-4870

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Abstract

Financial capability is receiving increasing interest among policy makers, who wish to reduce problem debt and welfare dependency and increase savings and general skills. We examine whether financial capability has impacts on psychological health independent of income and financial resources more generally using a nationally representative survey. Data from the British Household Panel Survey 1991?2006 are used to construct a measure of financial capability, which we relate to respondents? psychological health using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Estimates from within-group panel data models indicate that financial capability has significant and substantial effects on psychological health over and above those associated with income and material wellbeing more generally. For men, having low financial capability has an effect larger than that associated with being unemployed, while for women it is similar to that of being divorced. Furthermore having low financial capability exacerbates the psychological costs associated with unemployment and divorce, while high financial capability reduces these costs.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research
SWORD Depositor:	Elements
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2013 13:24
Last Modified:	15 Jan 2022 01:06
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7986

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