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Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger effect: Composite measures and heterogeneity by gender

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102362

Anna Adamecz , Radina Ilieva , Nikki Shure

{"title":"Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger effect: Composite measures and heterogeneity by gender","authors":"Anna Adamecz , Radina Ilieva , Nikki Shure","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102362","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102362","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) states that people with lower levels of the ability tend to self-assess their ability less accurately than people with relatively higher levels of the ability. Thus, the correlation between one's objective cognitive abilities and self-assessed abilities is higher at higher levels of objective cognitive abilities. There has been much debate as to whether this effect actually exists or is a statistical artefact. This paper replicates and extends Gignac and Zajenkowski (2020) and Dunkel, Nedelec, and van der Linden (2023) to test whether the DKE exists using several measures of ability and nationally representative data from a British birth cohort study. To do this, we construct a measure of objective cognitive abilities using 18 tests conducted at ages 5, 10, and 16, and a measure of subjective self-assessed abilities using estimates of school performance and being clever at ages 10 and 16. We replicate their models and show that the DKE exists in our secondary data. Importantly, we are the first to look at whether this relationship is heterogeneous by gender and find that while the self-assessment bias is gender specific, the DKE is not. The DKE comes from men relatively overestimating and women relatively underestimating their abilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 102362"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143609999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Women don't avoid competition, they avoid competing against men: Experimental evidence from Kenya

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102353

Maliheh Paryavi, Francisco Campos, Indhira Santos

{"title":"Women don't avoid competition, they avoid competing against men: Experimental evidence from Kenya","authors":"Maliheh Paryavi, Francisco Campos, Indhira Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102353","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102353","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines gender differences in competitive behavior in Kenya using a series of laboratory experiments. The control condition was designed to assess the baseline competitive behavior in a mixed-gender competitive environment in a stereotypical male domain. To further understand the role of mixed-gender competitive environment on women's competition behavior, the control condition was replicated with women facing only other women as competitors. The paper also examines gender differences in competition in a high-stakes environment, where the control condition was replicated, but financial stakes were increased by a factor of ten. The study finds significant differences in competition entry between men and women in both the control and high-stakes conditions. These are largely driven by gender differences in preferences for competing in the control condition, and differences in risk and feedback aversion when the stakes are high. Women in the women-only treatment were significantly more competitive than women in the control condition and just as competitive as men in the control condition. Our findings suggest that women do not avoid competition; they avoid competing against men.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 102353"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143621073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Napoleon complex revisited: New evidence from professional soccer 拿破仑情结再现：来自职业足球的新证据

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102352

Giulio Callegaro , Mario Lackner , Hendrik Sonnabend

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Comparing transparent and covert nudges: A meta-analysis calling for more diversity in nudge transparency research

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102350

Hendrik Bruns , Adrien Fillon , Zacharias Maniadis , Yavor Paunov

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Meta-analysis examining the relationship between framing effect and risky decisions

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102351

Xiaoqian Ding , Menghan Li , Junyi Qiao

{"title":"Meta-analysis examining the relationship between framing effect and risky decisions","authors":"Xiaoqian Ding , Menghan Li , Junyi Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102351","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102351","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study employed a meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between the framing effect and risky decisions. A systematic searched was conducted for relevant literature published in 12 electronic databases: Google Scholar, ProQuest Dissertations, Springer, Web of Science, PubMed, EBSCO, Elsevier SDOL, Chongqing VIP Information Co., WANFANG DATA, Chinese Selected Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses Full-Text Databases, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure. A total of 40 relevant studies were identified, comprising a sample of 17,416 participants. The analysis employing the random-effects model revealed a statistically significant main effect of the framing effect on risky decisions (OR = 2.467). The moderator effect analysis revealed that problem domains and age served as moderating factors in the relationship between risky decisions and the framing effect, respectively. Culture, however, did not exert a moderating influence on the framing effect or risky decision-making. Specifically, individuals exhibited heightened susceptibility to the framing effect when making risky decisions in the problem domain of life-death, as compared to the problem domains of study and money. Adolescents, in contrast, were more vulnerable to the framing effect in making risky decisions than adulthood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 102351"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Praise and cooperation: Investigating the effects of praise content and agency

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102348

Jieyu Lv , Hongchuan Zhang , Yonghong Yu , Zhiyang Xue , Yulin Cai , Zixi Luo

{"title":"Praise and cooperation: Investigating the effects of praise content and agency","authors":"Jieyu Lv , Hongchuan Zhang , Yonghong Yu , Zhiyang Xue , Yulin Cai , Zixi Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102348","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.socec.2025.102348","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How group members’ perceptions of each other’s actions influence cooperative behaviour over time remains uncertain. This study explored the effects of praise (praise content and agency) on cooperation in a two-player public goods game through one pilot experiment and three experiments. The results indicated that both process-focused and person-focused praise enhanced cooperative behaviours. Notably, participants exhibited higher levels of cooperation under process-focused praise compared to person-focused praise. Additionally, the act of expressing praise led to more cooperative behaviour than merely receiving praise or no praise at all. Overall, these findings underscore the efficacy of process-focused praise in promoting cooperation, with the expression of praise proving more effective than its reception. These insights suggest practical applications in organizational and educational settings, where implementing strategies that emphasize process-focused praise and encourage the active expression of appreciation could significantly enhance cooperative dynamics and team performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51637,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 102348"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143378899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Admission quota schemes and regional inequality

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102349

Weiwei Weng , Fanzheng Yang

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Decision-making styles and cognitive biases: Experimental results from a Korean sample

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102329

Bum Seok Kim , Woosub Kim , Jae H. Min

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Teams versus individuals in pre-play cheap talk communication

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102325

Huanxing Yang , Zexin Ye , Lan Zhang

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Overconfidence and performance: Evidence from a simple real-effort task

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102330

Vipul Bhatt , Angela M. Smith

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