Learning Millennial-Style

31 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2014 Last revised: 20 May 2023

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Bruce I. Carlin

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Jiang Li

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Stephen A. Spiller

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Date Written: July 2014

Abstract

The growing use of on-line educational content and related video services has changed the way people access education, share knowledge, and possibly make life decisions. In this paper, we characterize how video content affects individual decision-making and willingness to share in the context of a personal financial decision. Content geared toward giving better instructions leads to better financial decisions, but less information sharing. Misleading advertising not only causes worse decisions, but makes it less likely that videos with useful content get shared in the market. This implies that the effects of deception have externalities on other peoples' literacy and decision-making. Our work has important implications for policies guiding financial literacy training, and also has broader impact for education in the information age.

Suggested Citation

Carlin, Bruce I. and Li, Jiang and Spiller, Stephen A., Learning Millennial-Style (July 2014). NBER Working Paper No. w20268, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2463383

Bruce I. Carlin (Contact Author)

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Stephen A. Spiller

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