This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the
education gender gap and its evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first …

This article presents the first report of basic findings from the 2020 online administration of
the sixth national quinquennial survey on teaching and assessment methods. Focusing on …

There has been very little change in how the economics profession teaches undergraduate
students over the last 25 years. This study examines the effects of school, instructor, and …

We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of letter grades in
introductory courses on the probability of choosing an economics major at Wellesley …

This paper is the first to give a comprehensive overview of the various conditions that deter
women from pursuing an economics major and that contribute to the low numbers of female …

A large literature studies the underrepresentation of female students in economics majors in
the United States. This paper adds to this literature by examining gender differences in …

Despite the substantial literature on women in economics, very little qualitative work has
been devoted to exploring women's lived experiences, and even less so on their presence …

Students' college choices can affect their chances of earning a degree, but many lack the
support to navigate the opaque college application and admissions process. This paper …

Using data from 11 institutions, the authors investigate enrollments in intermediate
microeconomics to determine characteristics of successful and unsuccessful students and …

Why so few women graduate in Economics? We investigate the gender gap among Italian
university graduates in Economics between 2010 and 2019. With women's probability of …