Explaining Gender Differences in Confidence and Overconfidence in Math

Explaining Gender Differences in Confidence and Overconfidence in Math

This paper investigates empirically how and why men and women are different in their confidence levels. In the analysis, confidence is disentangled into two dimensions: confidence in correct math knowledge and overconfidence in false knowledge. Using the data of the PISA test in math, the findings h...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 01-2017)
Main Author: Cho, Seo-Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017
Subjects:
gender equality
gender-asymmetric effects of abilities
gender gaps in math
gender differences in confidence
gender socialization
Wirtschaft
Economics
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Call Number: urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-es2024-04608
Publication Date: 2024-01-19
Downloads: 27 (2024)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Access URL: https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2024/0460
https://doi.org/10.17192/es2024.0460

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