This paper provides a systematic assessment of academic economics teaching, research and policy advice in Germany. It … economics as a discipline. …

Traditionally, students of economics have often been told that it is a non-experimental science. Using a quantitative … and qualitative analysis of introductory economics textbooks, we track the historical evolution of this rhetoric from 1970 … experimentation in economics. Remarks that experiments are impossible in economics have been (almost) eliminated only this decade …

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 …

Economics needs a set of agreed facts to create a scientific economic paradigm, without which economics remains trapped … progress which defines modern civilization. Misguided by some philosophers of science, economics has put the theoretical cart …

-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 …