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Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major

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  1. Arellano-Bover, Jaime & Bussotti, Carolina & Nunley, John M. & Seals Jr., R. Alan, 2024. "Unbundling the Effects of College on First-Job Search: Returns to Majors, Minors, and Extracurriculars," IZA Discussion Papers 17552, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  2. Grace Onodipe & Amanda Wilsker & Philip Routon & Andrew Stephenson & Kyle Huff, 2025. "A Skills-Based Approach to Improving the Economics Curriculum: Insights from Online Job Postings Using Lightcast," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 51(2), pages 308-335, April.
  3. Bleemer, Zachary, 2023. "Affirmative action and its race-neutral alternatives," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
  4. Fanny Landaud & Éric Maurin & Barton Willage & Alexander L.P. Willén, 2022. "Getting Lucky: The Long-Term Consequences of Exam Luck," CESifo Working Paper Series 9570, CESifo.
  5. Hung Chau & Sarah H Bana & Baptiste Bouvier & Morgan R Frank, 2023. "Connecting higher education to workplace activities and earnings," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(3), pages 1-18, March.
  6. Avdeev, Stanislav & Ketel, Nadine & Oosterbeek, Hessel & van der Klaauw, Bas, 2024. "Spillovers in fields of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
  7. Phillip B. Levine & Dubravka Ritter, 2024. "The racial wealth gap, financial aid, and college access," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(2), pages 555-581, March.
  8. Kevin J. Mumford & Richard W. Patterson & Anthony Yim, 2024. "College Course Shutouts," CESifo Working Paper Series 11005, CESifo.
  9. Britton, Jack & van der Erve, Laura & Belfield, Chris & Vignoles, Anna & Dickson, Matt & Zhu, Yu & Walker, Ian & Dearden, Lorraine & Sibieta, Luke & Buscha, Franz, 2022. "How much does degree choice matter?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
  10. Bleemer, Zachary, 2024. "How Helpful Are Average Wage-By-Major Statistics In Choosing A Field Of Study?," University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education qt0pf717bh, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley.
  11. Julie Berry Cullen & Gordon B. Dahl & Richard De Thorpe, 2025. "Job Mismatch and Early Career Success," NBER Working Papers 34215, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Stenberg, Anders & Tudor, Simona, 2023. "Field of Study and Mental Health in Adulthood," SOFI Working Papers in Labour Economics 1/2024, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research.
  13. Novik, Vitaliy, 2022. "The role of learning in returns to college major: evidence from 2.8 million reviews of 150,000 professors," MPRA Paper 115431, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  14. Anthony LokTing Yim, 2023. "How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1334, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
  15. Deborah M. Weiss & Matthew L. Spitzer & Colton Cronin & Neil Chin, 2024. "Why college majors and selectivity matter: Major groupings, occupation specificity, and job skills," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 42(2), pages 278-304, April.
  16. Pugatch, Todd & Schroeder, Elizabeth, 2025. "Using RCTs in Economic Education Research," IZA Discussion Papers 18018, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  17. Eleonora Brandimarti, 2025. "Self-Selection, University Courses and Returns to Advanced Degrees," Papers 2511.09260, arXiv.org.
  18. Arpita Patnaik & Matthew J. Wiswall & Basit Zafar, 2020. "College Majors," NBER Working Papers 27645, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  19. Salim Atay & Gunes A. Asik & Semih Tumen, 2024. "Impact of Graduating with Honours on Entry Wages of Economics Majors," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 86(3), pages 606-640, June.
  20. Christian Belzil & Jörgen Hansen & Julie Pernaudet, 2024. "Separating the Structural and Composition Impacts of Financial Aid on the Choice of Major," Working Papers 2024-14, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
  21. 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.
  22. Li, Hongyan & Xia, Xing, 2024. "Grades as signals of comparative advantage: How letter grades affect major choices," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
  23. Manuel, Nick, 2024. "Does the labour market value field of study specific knowledge? An alignment score based approach," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
  24. Ghazala Azmat & Jack Britton, 2024. "Labour Market Returns to Higher Education," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-04709561, HAL.
  25. Joseph G. Altonji & John Eric Humphries & Yagmur Yuksel & Ling Zhong, 2025. "Decomposing Trends in the Gender Gap for Highly Educated Workers," NBER Working Papers 34133, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  26. Patnaik, Arpita & Pauley, Gwyn & Venator, Joanna & Wiswall, Matthew, 2024. "The impacts of same and opposite gender alumni speakers on interest in economics," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
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