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Shaping Young Entrepreneurship: The Role of Financial Literacy and Digital Attitudes*

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|Jun 2026

Figures & Tables

Characteristics of respondents with entrepreneurial attitude

GenderNumberPercent
Men1,12753.19
Women99246.81
Age
18–2376636.15
24–2970033.03
29–3465330.82
Live with Parents
Yes1,11052.38
No1,00947.62
Geographical residence
North87341.20
Centre41819.73
South and islands82839.07
Municipal size
Large or medium city53825.39
Provincial or rural area51824.45
Village or small municipality1,06350.16
Education
Graduated university53925.44
High school1,34363.38
Less than high school23711.18
Profession
Student67631.90
Worker1,30061.35
Unemployed1436.75
Wealth
High wealth40319.02
Medium wealth1,27560.17
Low wealth44120.81

Logit model of entrepreneurship – alternative measure for digitalization

Financial literacy0.265*** (0.0394)
Digital literacy0.237*** (0.0359)
ControlsYes
Observations5,372

Post matching regression model of entrepreneurship

Financial literacy0.252*** (0.0462)
Digitalization0.245*** (0.0296)
ControlsYes
Observations4,084

Logit model of entrepreneurship – self assessments for financial literacy and digitalization

Self-financial literacy0.009*** (0.0032)
Self-digitalization0.0238*** (0.0033)
ControlsYes
Observations5,372

Baseline logit model of entrepreneurship

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Financial literacy0.191*** (0.0367)0.238*** (0.0370)0.271*** (0.0377)0.261*** (0.0382)
Digitalization0.218*** (0.0253)0.234*** (0.0251)0.233*** (0.0250)0.230*** (0.0253)
Male 0.0327** (0.0132)0.032** (0.0131)0.033** (0.0133)
University -0.120*** (0.0243)-0.118*** (0.0244)-0.125*** (0.0249)
High school -0.022 (0.0221)-0.023 (0.0221)-0.026 (0.0224)
Age -0.007*** (0.0015)-0.008*** (0.0015)-0.007*** (0.0017)
Parents 0.002 (0.0144)-0.009 (0.0145)-0.011 (0.0148)
North -0.074*** (0.0150)-0.074*** (0.0151)
Centre -0.025 (0.0184)-0.025 (0.0184)
City -0.005 (0.0160)-0.007 (0.0160)
Provincial 0.004 (0.0164)0.004 (0.0165)
Student 0.031 (0.0196)
Worker 0.008 (0.0174)
High wealth 0.0227 (0.0214)
Medium wealth 0.0113 (0.0168)
Observations5,3725,3725,3725,372

Summary statistics for financial literacy and digitalization

NMeanSDMinMax
Financial Literacy5,3720.550.180.001.00
Digitalization5,3720.650.270.001.00

Logit model of entrepreneurship – current entrepreneurs excluded

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Financial literacy0.179*** (0.0368)0.231*** (0.0371)0.265*** (0.0378)0.259*** (0.0384)
Digitalization0.219*** (0.0255)0.239*** (0.0253)0.238*** (0.0252)0.241*** (0.0254)
Individual characteristicsNoYesYesYes
LocationNoNoYesYes
Employment and wealthNoNoNoYes
Observations5,1885,1885,1885,188

Logit model of entrepreneurship – alternative measures for financial literacy

(1)(2)(3)
Financial knowledge0.0933*** (0.0276)
Financial behavior 0.267*** (0.0341)
Big Three 0.054** (0.0210)
Digitalization0.261*** (0.0246)0.224*** (0.0251)0.265*** (0.0246)
ControlsYesYesYes
Observations5,3725,3725,372

Sample composition

GenderNumberPercent
 Men2,62548.86
 Women2,74751.14
Age
 18–231,727;32.15
 24–291,83034.06
 29–341,81533.79
Live with Parents
 Yes2,70850.41
 No2,66449.59
Geographical residence
 North2,36844.08
 Centre1,03919.34
 South and islands1,96536.58
Municipal size
 Large or medium city1,38725.82
 Provincial or rural area1,28023.83
 Village or small municipality2,70550.35
Education
 Graduated university1,64530.63
 High school3,14558.54
 Less than high school58210.83
Profession
 Student1,53828.63
 Worker3,31961.78
 Unemployed5159.59
Wealth
 High wealth97518.15
 Medium wealth3,17759.14
 Low wealth1,22022.71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/irfc-2026-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2508-464X | Journal ISSN: 2508-3155
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 14
Published on: Jun 30, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Edoardo Lanciano, Daniele Previati, Ornella Ricci, Giulia Natalia Velcherean, published by International Academy of Financial Consumers
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