Should the Child Trust Fund be used to improve financial capability among the young?

Prabhakar, Rajiv (2010). Should the Child Trust Fund be used to improve financial capability among the young? Public Money and Management, 30(5) pp. 279–284.

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Abstract

Youth financial capability is attracting policy concern. One way the previous Labour government tried to tackle this was through its Child Trust Fund (CTF) policy. This was controversial as some alleged this created pliant subjects for financial markets. I defend financial capability as part of financial citizenship and suggest that the CTF was important for supporting financial citizenship.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Copyright Holders:	2010 Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0954-0962
Academic Unit/Department:	Social Sciences > Economics
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
Item ID:	26226
Depositing User:	Rajiv Prabhakar
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2011 11:01
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2012 14:28
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/26226

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