Explaining Gender Differences in Confidence and Overconfidence in Math
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Keywords
gender differences in confidence and overconfidence; gender gaps in math; genderasymmetric effects of ability; gender equality; gender socialization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2017-01-15 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2017-01-15 (Education)
- NEP-GEN-2017-01-15 (Gender)
- NEP-NEU-2017-01-15 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-URE-2017-01-15 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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