Confidence and Career Choices: An Experiment

Published: Jan 1, 2020
Abstract
Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one\'s abilities causally map into actions is, however, sparse. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the causal effect of an increase in confidence about one\'s own ability on two central choices made by workers in the labor market: choosing between jobs with different incentive schemes, and the subsequent choice of how much effort to exert...
Paper Details
Title
Confidence and Career Choices: An Experiment
Published Date
Jan 1, 2020
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