@booklet {265521,
	title = {Confidence Men? Evidence among Top Economists},
	year = {Working Paper},
	abstract = {Does a confidence gap exist between men and women who made it to the very top\&nbsp;of their careers? Using data from a select group of economists working in top U.S.\&nbsp;universities, we find that women are still less confident than men along two margins.\&nbsp;First, when asked about their level of agreement on survey questions about the economy,\&nbsp;women are less likely to give {\textquotedblleft}extreme{\textquotedblright} answers in which they strongly agree or disagree.\&nbsp;Second, women are less confident in the accuracy of their answer. The results persist\&nbsp;after controlling for the year the PhD was granted, the PhD awarding institution, the\&nbsp;current institution, and the number of solo and co-authored publications up to the point\&nbsp;of tenure. We provide suggestive evidence that the confidence gap is driven by women\&nbsp;being less confident when asked questions that are outside their field of expertise.},
	author = {Heather Sarsons and Guo Xu}
}
