Gender inequality and national gender gaps in overconfidence.
| Title: | Gender inequality and national gender gaps in overconfidence. |
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| Authors: | Hayk Amirkhanyan; Michał Wiktor Krawczyk; Maciej Wilamowski |
| Source: | PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e0249459 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine; Science |
| Description: | Using a large dataset of marathon runners, we estimate country- and gender-specific proxies for overconfidence. Subsequently, we correlate them with a number of indices, including various measures of gender equality. We find that in less gender-equal countries both males and females tend to be more self-confident than in more equal countries. While a substantial gender gap in overconfidence is observed, it only correlates with some sub-indices of gender equality. We conclude that there is likely a weak relationship between OC gender gap and gender inequality. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249459; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203; https://doaj.org/article/4a3ee4b603944b0e8671d085d8536aad |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0249459 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249459; https://doaj.org/article/4a3ee4b603944b0e8671d085d8536aad |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.D59E8424 |
| Database: | BASE |