ECIN Replication Package for "A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics"

We
assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial
diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students
a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message
combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or financial returns
associated with the major; or no message. Messages increased the proportion of first
generation students majoring in Economics by five percentage points. This
effect size was sufficient to reverse the gap in Economics majors for first
generation students. Suggestive evidence indicates the effects may be driven by
first generation students who were not also underrepresented minorities.