Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219126 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8308
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
self-assessment
beliefs
experiments
randomized intervention
children
JEL: 
D03
C21
C91
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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