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

survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields …This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a … methods developed in labor and conflict economics. We find a positive relationship between the study of economics and …

-speaking students, aligns 35 financial concepts and 7 general teaching concepts with one or more French proverbs. French proverbs allow … students to link new information with previous knowledge, thereby increasing the comprehension and retention of new material … relationship with students. The article provides a brief description of each concept, a phonetic and literal translation of the …

This paper suggests the use of Russian proverbs related to money to engage Russian-speaking students in the business … classroom. Russian proverbs enhance teaching by appealing to Russian students' cultural background, by presenting ideas in a …-speaking instructors to break down language barriers and to develop a close relationship with students. The use of Russian proverbs …

loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field experiment endows students with all of the points in the course … upfront, then deducts points for every error throughout the semester. Students perform three to four percentage points better …

This paper proposes the use of Spanish proverbs for teaching finance to Hispanic students. Spanish proverbs facilitate … teaching by appealing to Hispanic students' cultural background, by introducing ideas in a succinct and unique way, and by … and establish a trusting relationship with students. In addition, Spanish proverbs benefit English-speaking students by …

colleagues, students, and the general public. It is also a great place to gather information relevant to undergraduate economics … supplemental information with students. This article contains a detailed, step-by-step guide to embedding a twitter feed within a … LMS. Examples of how twitter can be used to share information to students in a Principles of Macroeconomics course are …

asynchronous discussion can play in furthering student development within a hybrid economics course. Specifically, this paper finds …