Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Class of 1999, we show that parental beliefs about a child’s cognitive skill relative to children of the same age are distorted by a child’s cognitive skill relative to children in the same school. Parents of children attending schools with low (high) average skills tend to believe their child is higher (lower) in the overall skill distribution than they actually are. Teacher evaluations of child skill also exhibit local distortions, providing a channel through which parental biases might arise. Finally, we relate parental beliefs and investment, providing insight on how local distortions may impact the skill distribution.

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父母对孩子技能的信念的局部扭曲

使用来自 1999 年幼儿纵向研究——幼儿园班级的数据，我们表明，父母对儿童相对于同龄儿童认知技能的信念被儿童相对于同一学校儿童的认知技能所扭曲。就读于低（高）平均技能学校的孩子的父母往往认为，他们的孩子在整体技能分布中比实际情况要高（低）。教师对儿童技能的评估也表现出局部扭曲，提供了可能出现父母偏见的渠道。最后，我们将父母的信念和投资联系起来，提供有关当地扭曲如何影响技能分配的见解。