TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Pugatch, Todd
AU  - Schroeder, Elizabeth
        TI  - A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
        PY  - 2021/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14418
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14418
        AB  - We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or financial returns associated with the major; or no message. Messages increased the proportion of first generation and underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in Economics by five percentage points. This effect size was sufficient to reverse the gap in Economics majors between first generation/URM students and students not in these groups. Effect sizes were larger and more precise for better-performing students and first generation students. Extrapolating to the full sample, the treatment would double the proportion of first generation and underrepresented minority students majoring in Economics.
        KW  - nudges
KW  - higher education
KW  - diversity in economics
KW  - college major choice
KW  - randomized control trial
        ER  -