The (Unexpected) Gender Minority Gap in Confidence

Billur Aksoy, Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler

No 32061, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: An increasing share of the population identifies their gender in a way other than as a man or woman. Yet, there is little work on beliefs about these gender minorities. We find that subjects, while relatively certain about the traits of men and women, are uncertain about the confidence, competitiveness, risk aversion, and generosity of gender minorities. Despite this uncertainty about gender minorities, however, we find that gender minorities are less confident than equally-performing men, resulting in a gender minority gap that is just as large as the gender gap in confidence between men and women.

JEL-codes: C91 D91 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-01
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