Värdering av prestation och riskbeteende i ung ålder
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OverconfidenceRisk behaviorYoung ageRiskRisk aversionVärdering av prestationRiskbeteendeUng ålderRiskRiskaversion
This paper is a study how students at a high school in Falun, Sweden, estimates theirperformance in an upcoming math test which is then compared with the actual grade thestudent performed. The students who participated also answered questions related to ?risksituations? to examine whether there is a correlation between how students estimate theirperformance in the context and their risk behavior, and if the students act like economicmodels assume. In agreement with previous studies, the boys in the survey tended to beoverconfident in their performance. The girls in the study were neither over- norunderconfident in her performance and no significant difference in the estimation of one'sperformance between the sexes could be proven. The proportion of boys who consideredthemselves to take greater risk than class average was greater than the proportion of girls inthe question. No linear relationship between estimation of performance and risk behavior ordifferences in risk behavior could be found between the sexes.