Data and Code For: "The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Christine L. Exley, University of Michigan; Kirby Nielsen, California Institute of Technology
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Project Citation:
Exley, Christine L., and Nielsen, Kirby. Data and Code For: “The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E194446V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. We find that the confidence gap is contagious, causing evaluators to form overly pessimistic beliefs about women. This result arises even though the confidence gap is expected and even though the confidence gap shouldn't be contagious if evaluators are Bayesian. Only an intervention that facilitates Bayesian updating proves (somewhat) effective. Additional results highlight how similar findings follow even when there is no room for discriminatory motives or differences in priors because evaluators are asked about arbitrary, rather than gender-specific, groups.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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gender;
confidence;
non-bayesian
JEL Classification:
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C91 Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
C91 Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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