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on Sociology of Economics |
| By: | W. Robert Reed (University of Canterbury); Lukas Röseler; Marianne Saam; Lukas Wallrich |
| Abstract: | Replications are widely recognized as essential to the self-correcting nature of science. Interest in replication studies has grown markedly in both economics and psychology over the past decade. Nevertheless, they still represent a very small share of total publications. We discuss why most journals in economics and psychology do not regularly publish replications and which role replication journals can play in creating a home for replications that is sustainable, credible, and visible. |
| Keywords: | Replications; Reproductions; Economics; Psychology; Publishing |
| JEL: | A11 B41 C80 |
| Date: | 2025–05–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cbt:econwp:25/10 |
| By: | Elodie Carpentier; Alexander Cuntz; Alessio Muscarnera; Julio Raffo |
| Abstract: | Scientific progress relies on access to prior knowledge, yet costly access to academic literature can hinder researchers, particularly in marginalized positions of academia and developing economies. This paper examines the impact of free or lower-cost access to scientific literature on gender representation in research. Leveraging the staggered adoption of the Hinari program, which provides digital access to health science research, we analyze its effects on women’s participation in research production and academic publishing across more than 600 institutions in 80 countries. Using a triple difference approach, we find that improved digital access to knowledge increases the share of women scientists in publishing faculty and enhances their research output. The program's effects are most pronounced in countries with lower gender balance in educational attainment, where it appears to help overcome attainment gaps and activate women's potential in academic labor markets. Our study contributes to the literature on digitization, access to knowledge and gender disparities in academia, while also helping to inform science and innovation policy and human capital development. |
| Keywords: | Open science, Development, Health Science, Gender studies, Triple difference, Impact evaluation |
| JEL: | J16 L17 O31 O33 |
| Date: | 2025–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wip:wpaper:88 |
| By: | Hyejin Ku (University College London); Tianrui Mu (University College London) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how China’s growing research capabilities impact global research universities across scientific fields. Using bibliometric data from 1980 to 2020, we assess the effects of the “China shock†on high-impact publications, novel concepts, and citation patterns. Our analysis reveals a positive net effect in Chemistry and Engineering & Materials Science (EMS), but a negative effect in Clinical & Life Sciences (CLS). In other fields, the effects are mostly positive but imprecise. We highlight the coexistence of competition and spillover effects, with their relative strength shaped by field characteristics, such as expansion potential and the quality of China’s research. |
| Keywords: | China shock in science, knowledge production, ideas, competition, spillovers |
| JEL: | J24 I23 O31 |
| Date: | 2025–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crm:wpaper:2513 |
| By: | Abel Brodeur; Seung Yong Sung; Edward Miguel; Lars Vilhuber; Fernando Hoces de la Guardia |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a framework to standardize crowd-sourced computational reproductions in economics through the Social Science Reproduction Platform (SSRP). The approach address four main challenges for computational reproductions: a lack of standardization, aggregation issues, existing incentives for “adversarial” interactions, and the loss of knowledge from analyses that are never published. We then summarize the first 487 reproductions uploaded on the SSRP. The results show substantial heterogeneity in the ability to successfully reproduce empirical results in economics research, with approximately 30% of recent studies meeting at least a basic definition of being computationally reproducible. |
| JEL: | A14 C10 C81 |
| Date: | 2025–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33753 |
| By: | Daniel S. Hamermesh |
| Abstract: | This study examines publications in three leading general economics journals from the 1960s through the 2020s, considering levels and trends in the demographics of authors, methodologies of the studies, and patterns of co-authorship. The average age of authors has increased nearly steadily; there has been a sharp increase in the fraction of female authors; the number of authors per paper has risen steadily; and there has been a pronounced shift to articles using newly generated data. All but the first of these trends have been most pronounced in the most recent decade. The study also examines the relationships among these trends. |
| JEL: | A14 |
| Date: | 2025–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33731 |