On college campuses this fall, the financial crisis has sparked an intense interest in economics among some students, professors say. But it may also be driving some students away from the subject.

If studying economics exposed us to social problems, and pushed us towards solving them equitably, we would see more cooperation in the world, given that more and more people become economics ...

First-generation students are underrepresented in economics, but a new study finds that messaging students about why they should major in the field closes this gap.

Girls perform worse than boys in economics during their school years, according to a large-scale study by the University of Tübingen in Germany. The study, which involved nearly 2,000 pupils aged 15 ...

Put bluntly: Does studying economics persuade (brainwash) you into believing the PRECEPTS of economics? The Frank et al. paper was published in 1993 and is available online here.

They find that majoring in economics causes students’ earnings during their mid-twenties to rise by $22,000 per year, or 46%. The results show that simply choosing the economics major over ...