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Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT

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dc.contributor.authorHalim, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorPowers, Elizabeth T.
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T13:39:11Z
dc.date.available2021-07-22T13:39:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on gender differences in responses to a randomized controlled trial that provided encouragement and information nudges to take subsequent economics courses and major in the subject for students enrolled in large introductory economics classes at a large elite public university. Two treatments combined encouragement to major in economics with information on either financial or prosocial returns to the major. Men receiving either treatment were more likely to take an additional economics course, but not to major in economics. In contrast, the treatments were not estimated to significantly affect women’s course-taking and majoring. Two treatment mediators are also examined: expected versus actual grade and having a female teaching assistant. There were also differing effects of mediators on treatment responses for men and women. Women were more nudge-able to take another course when they received a better-than-expected introductory class grade, and men were more nudge-able to take another course when they had a female teaching assistant.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/350341626715358542/Gender-Differences-in-Economics-Course-Taking-and-Majoring-Findings-from-an-RCT
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9732
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36005
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9732
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectCOLLEGE MAJOR
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.titleGender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoringen
dc.title.subtitleFindings from an RCTen
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okr.crossref.titleGender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT
okr.date.disclosure2021-07-19
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:14:40.020777Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/350341626715358542/Gender-Differences-in-Economics-Course-Taking-and-Majoring-Findings-from-an-RCT
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9732
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okr.topicEducation::Tertiary Education
okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.unitGender Global Theme
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