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Gender and Overconf...
Gender and Overconfidence : Are Girls really overconfident?
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- Dahlbom, L (författare)
- Ctr Traumat Stress CTS, SE-65340 Karlstad, Sweden
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- Jacobsson, Andreas, 1972- (författare)
- Karlstads universitet,Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten
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- Jakobsson, Niklas (författare)
- Norwegian Social Res NOVA
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- Kotsadam, Andreas (författare)
- Norwegian Social Res NOVA
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- Taylor & Francis, 2011
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 18:4, s. 325-327
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Abstract
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- Previous research finds that people are overconfident and that men are more overconfident than women. Using a very precise confidence measure, this article shows, however, that whereas boys are overconfident, girls are actually underconfident regarding their mathematics performance. We conducted a survey where 14-year-old high school students were asked what grade they thought they would get in a mathematics test a week later. These results were then compared with their actual grade. Boys were overconfident about their grades, whereas girls were underconfident.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Economics
- Nationalekonomi
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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