TY  - RPRT
CY  - Toulouse
ID  - publications33920
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/124015
A1  - Bobba, Matteo
A1  - Frisancho, Veronica
Y1  - 2020/01//
N2  - 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 high school in Mexico City. The analysis takes advantage of rich and longitudinal data on subjective beliefs together with randomized feedback about individual performance on an achievement test. On average, the  erformance feedback reduces the relative role of priors on posteriors and shifts substantial probability mass toward the signal. Further evidence reveals that males and high-socioeconomic status students tend to process new information on their own ability more effectively.
PB  - TSE Working Paper
T3  - TSE Working Paper
KW  - Information
KW  - Subjective expectations
KW  - Academic ability
KW  - Bayesian updating
KW  - Over confidence
KW  - Secondary education.
M1  - working_paper
TI  - Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City
AV  - public
EP  - 39
ER  -