In this paper, I examine how a math-competency requirement affects student performance in an introductory economics course. Students were given a basic math-competency quiz at the beginning of the ...

We also introduce a new model specification that accounts for the censoring and discrete nature of the outcome variable (grade received). The results from this specification echo the conclusions of ...

The course covers the same math procedures as a typical economics course, but the conceptual and math lessons are embedded in the laboratory work.