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ECIN Replication Package for "Nudges to Encourage Female and Minority Students to Enroll in Additional Economics Courses"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Seth Gitter, Towson University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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  replicationEI 03/17/2025 12:28:PM

Project Citation: 

Gitter, Seth. ECIN Replication Package for “Nudges to Encourage Female and Minority Students to Enroll in Additional Economics Courses.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E223261V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper replicates studies on alumni visits and email interventions in Economics Principles courses to address diversity among students majoring in economics. Using a new, racially diverse sample reflecting national demographics, we find that two 15-minute visits from female alumnae, mostly African American, or an encouraging email can increase enrollment in upper-level economics courses, but combining these interventions is potentially less effective. Alumnae visits increased upper-level economics course completion among Black and Latinx students by almost 12 percentage points more than they increased completion among white students. Our results suggest that alumni visits can increase racial diversity at a relatively low cost.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Economics
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate
Manuscript Number:  View help for Manuscript Number Jun-2024-0249
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage united sates


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