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    Estudio de las capacidades financieras de los obreros en la ciudad de Medellín
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2017) Serrano Echeverry, María; Restrepo Tobón, Diego Alexander; Álvarez Franco, Pilar Beatriz
    Low levels of Financial Capabilities (FC) around the world have aroused the interest of academics and public policy makers to understand their determinants and create programs that improve the financial well-being of the population -- The high costs of living and the complexity in financial decision making are decisive for the day-to-day life of Colombian families; understanding their financial skills and knowledge allows to explain in part the way they took financial decisions -- The purpose of this investigation is to make a diagnosis about the FC of the workers of the city of Medellín -- Studying the attitudes, behaviors and financial knowledge of the working population is potentially important for analyzing a segment that represents almost 50% of the Colombian population (DANE, 2017a); this portion of the population is characterized by strong financial constraints and is slightly marginalized to make decisions outside the financial system -- Knowing how people make decisions regarding the use of money, their main expenses, their sources of savings, among others, will be the task of this research -- The methodology consisted in using a survey to measure FC -- The sample consisted of 443 workers and work managers, who work in the same company, which meets the labor conditions required by law, and whose jobs are considered formal -- The results of this research show that people who have a higher level of education answered correctly a greater number of questions about financial literacy -- In general, the sample presents responsible attitudes toward money, has intentions to save and worries about a future -- However, it is reflected that, although there is a budget management in the home, the income is not enough to cover the expenses