Self-assessment: The role of the social environment

Arbeitspapier

This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high socioeconomic status (SES) families are more accurate in their self-assessment, compared to children from low SES families. To move beyond correlational evidence, we then exploit the exogenous variation of participation in a mentoring program designed to enrich the social environment of children. We document that the mentoring program has a causal positive e ffect on the accuracy of children's self-assessment. Finally, we show that the mentoring program is most e ffective for children whose parents provide few social and interactive activities for their children.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 244

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Education and Inequality
• Thema: Self-Assessment ; Beliefs ; Experiments ; Randomized Intervention ; Children

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Falk, Armin ; Kosse, Fabian ; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah ; Zimmermann, Florian
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
• (wo): München und Berlin
• (wann): 2020

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/222141