 Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico CityMatteo Bobba and Veronica Frisancho Post-Print from HAL Abstract: A growing body of evidence suggests that people exhibit large biases when processing information about themselves, but less is known about the underlying inference process. This paper studies belief updating patterns regarding academic ability in a large sample of students transitioning from middle to highschool in Mexico City. The analysis takes advantage of rich and longitudinal data on subjective beliefs together with randomized feedback about individual perfor-mance on an achievement test. On average, the performance feedback reduces the relative role of priors on posteriors and shifts substantial probability masstoward the signal. Further evidence reveals that males and high-socioeconomic status students tend to process new information on their own ability more effectively. Keywords: Information; Subjective expectations; Academic ability; Bayesianupdating; Overconfidence; Secondary education (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Journal of Econometrics, In press, ⟨10.1016/j.jeconom.2020.06.009⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03597939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2020.06.009 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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