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32 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17687
Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Composite Measures and Heterogeneity by Gender
Anna Adamecz, Radina Ilieva, Nikki Shure
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17033
The Underconfidence Wage Penalty
Anna Adamecz, Nikki Shure
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16818
Disparities in Psychological Traits and Income: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the U.S.
Aurelie Dariel, John C. Ham, Nikos Nikiforakis, Jan Stoop
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16283
Persistent Overconfidence and Biased Memory: Evidence from Managers
David B. Huffman, Collin Raymond, Julia Shvets
published in: American Economic Review, 2022, 112 (10), 3141–3175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16180
Overconfident Boys: The Gender Gap in Mathematics Self-Assessment
Anna Adamecz, John Jerrim, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Nikki Shure
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15682
Motivated Belief Updating and Rationalization of Information
Christoph Drobner, Sebastian J. Goerg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15145
The Gender Gap in Top Jobs – The Role of Overconfidence
Anna Adamecz, Nikki Shure
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14905
"The Better You Feel, the Harder You Fall": Health Perception Biases and Mental Health among Chinese Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Peng Nie, Lu Wang, Davide Dragone, Haiyang Lu, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: China Economic Review, 2022, 71, 101708
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14663
Parental Responses to Children's Achievement Test Results
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Tiffany Ho, Nicolás Salamanca
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14373
Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors
Patricia Cortes, Jessica Pan, Laura Pilossoph, Basit Zafar
published as 'Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138 (4), 2069–2126
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13637
Where Do I Stand? Assessing Researchers' Beliefs about Their Relative Productivity
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Daniele Checchi, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Where do I stand? Assessing researchers' beliefs about their productivity' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2021, 185, 61-80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13517
Overconfidence and Gender Differences in Wage Expectations
Stephanie Briel, Aderonke Osikominu, Gregor Pfeifer, Mirjam Reutter, Sascha Satlukal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13308
Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence
Patrick Arni, Davide Dragone, Lorenz Götte, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12945
Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City
Matteo Bobba, Veronica Frisancho
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231 (1), 58 - 73
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11564
Looking at the Bright Side: The Motivation Value of Overconfidence
Si Chen, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 120, 103302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10874
Can Financial Incentives Help People Trying to Establish New Habits? Experimental Evidence with New Gym Members
Mariana Carrera, Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, Justin Syndor
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 202 -214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10794
Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training
Mitchell Hoffman, Stephen V. Burks
revised version published in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11(1), 315-348
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10611
Estimating the Relationship between Skill and Overconfidence
Jan Feld, Jan Sauermann, Andries de Grip
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 68, 18-24
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10545
True Overconfidence, Revealed through Actions: An Experiment
Stephen L. Cheung, Lachlan Johnstone
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2025.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10283
Using Goals to Motivate College Students: Theory and Evidence from Field Experiments
Damon Clark, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse, Mark Rush
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (4), 648-663
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