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A Pareto-Improving Way to Teach Principles of Economics: Evidence from the University of Toronto

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  • Dwayne Benjamin
  • Avi J. Cohen
  • Gillian Hamilton

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University of Toronto undergraduates can choose between conventional and literacy-targeted (LT) principles of economics courses. We compare demographics and performance in subsequent courses for 13,000 students over 11 years and find that LT courses attract a greater percentage of female and domestic students; conditional on meeting grade thresholds, LT students do just as well in intermediate theory and statistics courses as conventional principles students; women do as well or better than men in intermediate theory and statistics courses. With appropriately chosen thresholds, departments offering LT courses can preserve subsequent disciplinary rigor and address underrepresentation of women and minorities.

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  • Dwayne Benjamin & Avi J. Cohen & Gillian Hamilton, 2020. "A Pareto-Improving Way to Teach Principles of Economics: Evidence from the University of Toronto," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 299-303, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:110:y:2020:p:299-303
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201052
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    1. Todd Pugatch & Elizabeth Schroeder, 2021. "Promoting Female Interest in Economics: Limits to Nudges," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 111, pages 123-127, May.
    2. Todd Pugatch & Elizabeth Schroeder, 2024. "A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate Economics," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 62(1), pages 287-307, January.
    3. Boulatoff, Catherine & Cyrus, Teresa L., 2022. "Improving student outcomes in large introductory courses," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 41(C).
    4. Jane Ihrig & Scott Wolla, 2023. "Teaching Monetary Policy with Ample Reserves," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 8(2), pages 114-127, May.

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    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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