introductory microeconomics between one semester in which students were randomly assigned into the formats and another semester … when students were allowed to choose their format. In each semester we offered the same course with the sections taught at … effect of format. Students in the compressed format of the randomized arm of the study scored -0.19 standard deviations less …

Economic and Social Problems," that enrolled 400 students, achieved nearly a 50-50 gender balance, and was among the highest … selection - are taught differently. Then, drawing upon students' comments and prior research on effective teaching practices, we … identify elements of the course's approach that appear to underlie its success: connecting the material to students' own …

themselves. We also find that PhD production is negatively related to the total number of students and the share of total BAs …

experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An …This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

-level covariates. Alumni speakers increase intermediate economics course take-up by 2.1 percentage points (11%). Students are more …

as providing better information about the application of economics, exposing students to role models, and updating course …

Reflection Test. In laboratory experiments with 1,236 college students in Nairobi, we implement three incentive levels: no …

experiment embedded in a survey of female university students at a large public university in Saudi Arabia. We randomly provided … find that expectations of working among those in the Control group are quite high, yet students underestimate the expected …

informational and social support barriers to college application and enrollment among socioeconomically disadvantaged students …. Students who were randomly assigned to the program felt more supported during the college application process and applied more … intermediate outcomes were larger for the types of students we anticipated would most need additional support during the college …

. Students in a large introductory microeconomics course at a major research university were randomly assigned to live lectures … instruction. These results are particularly strong for Hispanic students, male students, and lower-achieving students. We also …