Confidence‑Calibrated IQ Flips Gender Gap

A JPE paper measures not just answers but respondents’ confidence and pays for truthful reporting, then finds women outperform men on 'intelligence' and compete optimally under risk. The authors also report women score higher on financial literacy once measurement is incentive‑compatible. If robust, core gender‑gap claims in psychology and economics would need revision. — This challenges long‑standing narratives about gender differences by showing how test design and incentives can reverse headline effects used in policy and workplace debates.