Table 6.
OLS regression of 2D:4D on expectations minus actual performance.
| Both genders | Women | Men | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | I | II | III | IV | I | II | III | IV | |
| Average digit ratio | 34.179** | 33.265** | 30.645** | 31.545** | 10.938 | 7.49 | 1.257 | 0.613 | 41.952** | 48.214*** | 48.417*** | 50.334*** |
| (14.50) | (13.05) | (13.18) | (14.14) | (23.33) | (23.32) | (23.15) | (22.93) | (17.91) | (13.61) | (14.96) | (16.62) | |
| Gender: Male = 1 | 0.585 | 1.2 | 1.659* | 1.946* | ||||||||
| (1.37) | (1.07) | (0.93) | (0.95) | |||||||||
| Familiarity with task | −5.897*** | −5.537*** | −5.417*** | −3.888 | −3.901 | −3.6 | −7.054*** | −6.525*** | −6.575*** | |||
| (1.38) | (1.42) | (1.43) | (2.48) | (2.43) | (2.49) | (0.94) | (1.04) | (1.05) | ||||
| Math degree | −2.655** | −2.746** | −2.432 | −2.471 | −2.250* | −2.416* | ||||||
| (1.06) | (0.99) | (2.16) | (2.10) | (1.22) | (1.32) | |||||||
| Risk attitude index | 0.02 | 0.121 | 0.126 | |||||||||
| (0.35) | (0.44) | (0.50) | ||||||||||
| Self−efficacy | −0.210** | −0.195 | −0.238 | |||||||||
| (0.08) | (0.14) | (0.16) | ||||||||||
| Observations | 247 | 245 | 244 | 244 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 119 | 117 | 117 | 116 |
This table shows OLS Regressions of a measure of expectations—actual performance on the 2D:4D digit ratio. All regressions include sessions fixed effects and robust standard errors are reported in brackets.
***
significant at 1%,
**
significant at 5%,
*
significant at 10%.