Women are underconfident and men are overconfident – new research article by Anna Adamecz

Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger effect: Composite measures and heterogeneity by gender Anna Adamecz, Radina Ilieva, Nikki Shure Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Volume 116, 2025 Highlights We test for the Dunning-Kruger effect using composite measures and birth cohort data. We use tests from ages 5/10/16 and self-estimates of ability at ages 10/16. We show that […]