We analyze the impact of overconfidence on gender differences in wage expectations using elicited beliefs of German … explained by stronger overconfidence of males. Applying recentered influence function decompositions, we find that the impact of … overconfidence on the gender gap is particularly strong at the bottom and top of the wage expectation distribution, suggesting that …

This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … average, are less likely than men to overestimate their ability. This result is robust to different measures of overconfidence … overconfidence. In terms of performance, results suggest that women suffer more from overconfidence than men. …