Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Are there jobs for economics majors? How much do economics majors make? Well, one way to know is to look at salaries for economics majors. I show how much economics majors get paid and how we know the major causes the increase in salary. #economics

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Papers Cited:
Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major (with Aashish Mehta). Conditionally Accepted, AEJ: Applied Economics.

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