Table 4.
OLS regressions of asymmetry (RA) and conservatism (RC) on task relevance and gender
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| RA | RC | RA | RC | RA | RC | |
| Female | − 0.108 | 0.183** | − 0.060 | 0.179** | − 0.048 | 0.181** |
| (0.077) | (0.085) | (0.073) | (0.084) | (0.073) | (0.084) | |
| Relevance | 0.023 | 0.040* | 0.009 | 0.041* | 0.002 | 0.039* |
| (0.022) | (0.022) | (0.021) | (0.022) | (0.021) | (0.022) | |
| Scores & ranks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Initial beliefs | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| (1a) | (2a) | (3a) | (4a) | (5a) | (6a) | |
| Relevance | 0.026 | 0.039* | 0.017 | 0.036 | 0.021 | 0.039* |
| (0.028) | (0.022) | (0.026) | (0.023) | (0.026) | (0.023) | |
| Scores & ranks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Initial beliefs | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Individual fixed effects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| N | 798 | 798 | 798 | 798 | 798 | 798 |
* p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. Standard errors are clustered at the individual level. Each person-task combination is one observation. Regressions with asymmetry as the outcome additionally control for conservatism and vice versa