Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9727043 | The Journal of Socio-Economics | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This study extended the limited research on children's understanding of economic concepts by investigating their knowledge of taxation based on a short test of four questions. In all 60 children, aged 10-11, 12-13, and 14-15 years divided both by sex and socio-economic status were interviewed. Results demonstrated clear age related trends but fewer gender or social class trends. At the age of 14/15 years adolescents still do not all fully comprehend the nature and purpose of taxation. Indeed it is in this area of economic understanding that young people seem most ignorant.
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Authors
Adrian Furnham,