Young people and dematerialization of money. What learnings, skills, limitations and what challenges for social work?
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In Switzerland, according to the Federal Statistical Office (2020), more than 99% of 20-29 year olds are regular Internet users. While new technologies are increasingly part of all economic activities, in terms of the production of financial resources (e.g. online sales), their management (e.g. e-banking) and their use (e.g. Internet shopping), less attention has been paid to the digital economic practices of young people. Does the use of new technologies contribute to the development of financial capabilities, that is to the emergence of new economic skills, but also to new forms of (in)equality?
Based on a multi-methodological approach, this project financed by the Scientific Commission of the Social Work (HES-SO) has the following objectives:
1) to provide original and innovative results on the digital economic practices of young people and on the opportunities and challenges related to the digitalisation of the economy;
2) to identify the processes by which young people learn and develop their economic skills on the Internet;
3) to propose tools to prevent the risks and inequalities related to the digitalisation of the economy;
4) to be part of the financial literacy programs supported by the OECD (2014).