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Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction : Through Our Classes, Darkly
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
The past half-century has seen economic research become increasingly empirical, while the nature of empirical economic research has also changed. In the 1960s and 1970s, an empirical economist's typical mission was to "explain" economic variables like wages or GDP growth. Applied econometrics...
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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit : the Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley C. - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is … and foibles to show they are human! I contrast the general view of the role of economics in Grand Pursuit with Robert …
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What Did UWE Do for Economics?
Avilova, Tatyana; Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The … Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) Challenge was begun in 2015 for one year as a randomized controlled trial with 20 treatment …
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