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ERIC Number: ED672647
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
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The Economics of Encouragement: Can a Simple Email Shape Major Choice? Working Paper 33676
Olivia Edwards; Jonathan Meer
National Bureau of Economic Research
We examine the impact of encouragement emails sent to high-performing students in a principles of microeconomics course at a large state university, aimed at motivating them to take additional economics courses and consider an economics major or minor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find some evidence of an increase in the likelihood of enrolling in intermediate microeconomics, especially for first-generation college students and underrepresented minorities, but limited effects on major switching or declaring an economics minor. Our findings suggest sustained interventions may be necessary to produce lasting effects.
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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