Table 5.
OLS regressions of 2D:4D on self-confidence.
| Both genders | Women | Men | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | I | II | III | IV | I | II | III | IV | |
| Average digit ratio | 26.749** | 30.298** | 30.513** | 29.594** | 12.32 | 13.01 | 13.07 | 13.10 | 36.734** | 39.409* | 39.201* | 38.099* |
| (11.11) | (11.68) | (11.06) | (10.80) | (16.45) | (15.40) | (15.60) | (15.69) | (16.71) | (18.43) | (18.40) | (17.86) | |
| Gender: Male = 1 | 3.931*** | 3.540*** | 3.572*** | 3.310*** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (0.96) | (0.96) | (0.94) | (0.88) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Familiarity with task | 0.994 | 1.006 | 0.918 | 1.74 | 1.737 | 1.511 | −0.19 | −0.17 | −0.12 | |||
| (1.19) | (1.20) | (1.19) | (2.11) | (2.19) | (2.18) | (1.06) | (0.94) | (0.95) | ||||
| Math degree | 1.676* | 1.573 | 1.612 | −0.332 | −0.335 | −0.282 | 3.231** | 3.134** | 3.166** | |||
| (0.93) | (1.04) | (1.07) | (1.95) | (1.92) | (1.97) | (1.19) | (1.24) | (1.22) | ||||
| Risk attitude index | −0.16 | −0.19 | −0.005 | −0.059 | −0.38 | −0.37 | ||||||
| (0.28) | (0.29) | (0.37) | (0.39) | (0.43) | (0.42) | |||||||
| Self-efficacy | 0.180* | 0.160* | 0.12 | |||||||||
| (0.09) | (0.089) | (0.24) | ||||||||||
| Observations | 247 | 245 | 244 | 244 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 119 | 117 | 116 | 116 |
This table shows OLS regressions of number of repetitions of tasks expected to solve in 20 min after 1 min of practice time on the 2D:4D digit ratio. All regressions include sessions fixed effects and robust standard errors clustered by session are reported in brackets.
significant at 1%,
significant at 5%,
significant at 10%.