nep-sog 2025-11-24 papers

on Sociology of Economics

Issue of 2025–11–24
two papers chosen by
Jonas Holmström, Axventure AB

Race‐related research in economics By Advani, Arun; Ash, Elliott; Boltachka, Anton; Cai, David; Rasul, Imran
Modern academic publishing with Quarto - A workshop By Gunther Maier

By:	Advani, Arun; Ash, Elliott; Boltachka, Anton; Cai, David; Rasul, Imran
Abstract:	Issues of racial justice and economic inequalities between racial and ethnic groups have risen to the top of public debate. Economists' ability to contribute to these debates is based on the body of race‐related research. We study the volume and content of race‐related research in economics. We base our analysis on a corpus of 225, 000 economics publications from 1960 to 2020, to which we apply an algorithmic approach to classify race‐related work. Since 1960, less than 2% of economics publications have been race‐related. On content, while over 50% of race‐related publications in the 1970s focused on Black individuals, by the 2010s this had fallen to 20%. There has been a steady decline in the share of race‐related research on discrimination since the 1980s, with a rise in the share of studies on identity. Finally, we apply our algorithm to NBER and CEPR working papers posted over the last four decades, to study an earlier stage of the research process. We document a concentration of race‐related research into a few fields, and its continued absence from many others. We discuss implications of our findings for economists' ability to contribute to debates on race and ethnicity in the economy.
JEL:	A11 B41
Date:	2025–11–14
URL:	https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130250

Modern academic publishing with Quarto - A workshop

By:	Gunther Maier
Abstract:	In this workshop students will be introduced to Quarto, a new tool for academic publishing. Quarto allows for 100% reproducible research reports and articles and can generate output in all traditional formats (Word, LaTeX, PDF, HTML, Powerpoint, and more). After a short explanation why Quarto is significant and important and why it makes sense for PhD students to learn Quarto, participants will learn the basic components of Quarto in a hands-on practical session. We will first cover (1) the most important formatting elements (headings, paragraphs, bold and italic text, numbered and unnumbered lists, footnotes, etc.), (2) how to include mathematical expressions, (3) figures and tables, (4) citations and references. In the second session of the workshop participants will (1) learn the most important YAML options that allow us to change the overall appearance of the document. In addition, (2) we will learn about so-called ""Code Chunks" small parts of code (we will use R in this workshop) that Quarto can execute in the rendering of its output. Knowledge of R is not required for this workshop. The R-code will be provided and can be copied into our demo-document. I will explain the basic operation of the respective R-code, but will not teach R. In this session participants will learn how to get the output of some analysis in R into their document. This includes regression results, tables, and figures. In the third session of the workshop participants will get an overview of some of the more advanced topics. They include the use of themes and extensions, interactive graphs, animated figures. If time permits, we will also look into some of the other formats that Quarto supports (books, slides, dashboards, etc.). Participants are expected to bring a laptop computer. In preparation for the workshop, participants will receive detailed instructions on what programs to install on this laptop.
Keywords:	academic publishing; quarto; Reproducibility
JEL:	R3
Date:	2025–01–01
URL:	https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2025_300

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