Self-assessment: The role of the social environment

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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 effect on the accuracy of children's self-assessment. Finally, we show that the mentoring program is most effective for children whose parents provide few social and interactive activities for their children.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86304-338-4
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 339

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Falk, Armin ; Kosse, Fabian ; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah ; Zimmermann, Florian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/217227
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET