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longitudinal data from childhood into mid-career and construct a measure of overconfidence using multiple measures of objective … measure of overconfidence. Our results show that men being more overconfident explains 5-11 percent of the gender gap in top … job employment. This indicates that while overconfidence matters for gender inequality in the labor market and has …
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the gender wage gap, but there is little evidence on the role of non-cognitive traits, including overconfidence. This is … surprising given its prominence in academic and popular literature. We use a measure of overconfidence captured in adolescence to … explain the gender wage gap at age 42. Our results show that overconfidence explains approximately 5.5% of the unconditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567536
longitudinal data from childhood into mid-career and construct a measure of overconfidence using multiple measures of objective … measure of overconfidence. Our results show that men being more overconfident explains 5-11 percent of the gender gap in top … overconfidence matters for gender inequality in the labor market and has implications for how firms recruit and promote workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177786
the same. We examine the drivers of this male overconfidence in self-assessed mathematics ability using a longitudinal … abilities. Male overconfidence might explain why men self-select into top jobs or STEM courses, making entry more difficult for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377083
The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) states that people with lower levels of the ability tend to self-assess their ability less accurately than people with relatively higher levels of the ability. Thus, the correlation between one's objective cognitive abilities and self-assessed abilities is higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015207519
The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) states that people with lower levels of the ability tend to self-assess their ability less accurately than people with relatively higher levels of the ability. Thus, the correlation between one's objective cognitive abilities and self-assessed abilities is higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015338989
The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) states that people with lower levels of the ability tend to self-assess their ability less accurately than people with relatively higher levels of the ability. Thus, the correlation between one's objective cognitive abilities and self-assessed abilities is higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015202290
the gender wage gap, but there is little evidence on the role of non-cognitive traits, including overconfidence. This is … surprising given its prominence in academic and popular literature. We use a measure of overconfidence captured in adolescence to … explain the gender wage gap at age 42. Our results show that overconfidence explains approximately 5.5% of the unconditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544946
the same. We examine the drivers of this male overconfidence in self-assessed mathematics ability using a longitudinal … abilities. Male overconfidence might explain why men self-select into top jobs or STEM courses, making entry more difficult for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285838
longitudinal data from childhood into mid-career and construct a measure of overconfidence using multiple measures of objective … measure of overconfidence. Our results show that men being more overconfident explains 5-11 percent of the gender gap in top … overconfidence matters for gender inequality in the labor market and has implications for how firms recruit and promote workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169608