A Benchmarking of the Undergraduate Economics Major in Europe and in the United States††The authors thank the valuable comments from Catarina Roseta Palma and two anonymous referees. The usual disclaimer applies.

Monteiro, Henrique; Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra

doi:10.1016/s1477-3880(15)30106-7

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“…The general tendency is summarised by the authors as follows: "The trend over the past three decades is simple and clear: Add econometrics and drop other specific requirements, leaving room for four field course electives" (p.154). Monteiro and Lopes (2007) compare the American and the European system based on a data set from 2004-2005 of highly ranked universities. Their cluster analysis demonstrates the dominance of the common core courses: principles of economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, mathematics, and statistics.…”

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Maths, macro, micro: is that all Evidence from an international study on economics bachelor curricula in 14 countries

Egerer¹,

Jatteau²

2022

IJPEE

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In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, international criticism of the lack of pluralism in economics teaching climaxed in the open letter of the International Student Initiative for Pluralism in Economics (ISIPE). The feeling seemed to be widespread but data is lacking. This study is the first to gather data at an international level about the way economics is taught at universities. Fourteen countries were surveyed. The results show a clear domination of quantitative methods, macroeconomics and microeconomics courses, as well as management courses. Reflective courses, such as the history of economic thought, are marginalised.

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Maths, macro, micro: is that all Evidence from an international study on economics bachelor curricula in 14 countries

Egerer¹,

Jatteau²

2022

IJPEE

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Gender and major choice within economics: Evidence from Europe

Arnold

2020

International Review of Economics Education

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A large literature studies the underrepresentation of female students in economics majors in the United States. This paper adds to this literature by examining gender differences in major choice within an economics bachelor program at a European university. Using a large sample of major students, we document gender differences in the choice of subfields. Female students are strongly underrepresented in finance and overrepresented in accounting. We also test the grade sensitivity hypothesis, according to which the major choice of female students is more responsive to grades.For almost all subfields, major choice is significantly and positively related to the academic performance in the corresponding introductory course(s). The evidence that female students are more sensitive to grades is, however, weak.

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Political Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics: Some Preliminary Observations

Bartlett¹,

Ferber²,

Green³

2009

International Review of Economics Education

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Studies find that students major in economics for a variety of reasons. None, however, have examined students' political orientations as a possible factor in their choice of majors. Economics, as compared to other social sciences, tends to produce conservative policy recommendations.This pilot study explores whether more conservative students are attracted to economics. Our study found that men with conservative political leanings are more likely to major in economics and that male students in economics are more conservative than female students. Political orientation, however, does not appear to be a significant factor in the choice of a major for women.

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A Benchmarking of the Undergraduate Economics Major in Europe and in the United States††The authors thank the valuable comments from Catarina Roseta Palma and two anonymous referees. The usual disclaimer applies.

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Maths, macro, micro: is that all Evidence from an international study on economics bachelor curricula in 14 countries

Maths, macro, micro: is that all Evidence from an international study on economics bachelor curricula in 14 countries

Gender and major choice within economics: Evidence from Europe

Political Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics: Some Preliminary Observations

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