Abstract
This project involves a multistep, multisite, theory-informed randomized controlled trial designed to increase the presence and success of women in economics and mathematics. The project will make four contributions: (1) Add to the scant evidence about what deters or attracts women to economics and mathematics; (2) Intervene at understudied early stages (high school and incoming college students); (3) Test the interventions at multiple sites to assess scalability; and (4) Design the interventions so that the team can disentangle various mechanisms that contribute to low rates of participation in economics and mathematics by women.
Principal Investigator
Laura Gee
Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Tufts University
Co-Principal Investigators
Kristy Buzard
Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Syracuse University
Olga Stoddard
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Brigham Young University