Package 'nberwp'

NBER working paper authors

Description

Data frame containing author attributes.

Usage

data(authors)

Format

Data frame with columns

author

Author ID.

name

Author name.

user_nber

Author username on NBER website.

user_repec

Author username on RePEc.

female

Binary indicator for whether author is female. Values of -1 denote genders that could not be identified.

female_source

Source of gender information. Values of 1 and 2 denote genders identified using SSA baby name and Facebook data, respectively. Negative values -x denote genders identified incorrectly by source x and overwritten manually. Values of 0 denote genders identified manually.

Details

Most author genders come from matching authors' names against 1940–1995 US Social Security Administration baby name data provided by the package babynames, and against Facebook name and self-reported gender data collected by Tang et al. (2011). Remaining genders come from manual identification, which involves searching for gendered pronouns in online biographies, news articles, and professional and social media profiles. It also involves using online photos and video (e.g., interview and lecture) footage. See Davies (2022) for more details.

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research

References

Davies, B. (2022). Gender sorting among economists: Evidence from the NBER. Economics Letters. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110640

Tang, C., Ross, K., Saxena, N., and Chen, R. (2011). What’s in a Name: A Study of Names, Gender Inference, and Gender Behavior in Facebook. In Xu, J., Yu, G., Zhou, S., and Unland, R., editors, Database Systems for Advanced Applications, volume 6637. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Examples

authors

if (require('dplyr')) {
paper_authors %>% count(author) %>% left_join(authors)
}

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NBER working paper authors

Description

Data frame containing paper-author correspondences.

Usage

data(paper_authors)

Format

Data frame with columns

paper

Working paper number.

author

Author ID.

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research

Examples

paper_authors

if (require('dplyr')) {
paper_authors %>% count(author) %>% left_join(authors)
}

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NBER working paper programs

Description

Crosswalk between NBER working papers and programs.

Usage

data(paper_programs)

Format

Data frame with columns

paper

Working paper number.

program

Program code.

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research

Examples

paper_programs

if (require('dplyr')) {
paper_programs %>% count(program) %>% left_join(programs)
}

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NBER working papers

Description

Data frame containing working paper attributes.

Usage

data(papers)

Format

Data frame with columns

paper

Working paper number.

year

Publication year.

month

Publication month.

title

Title.

outlet

Publication outlet code:

1. "Top five" journal (i.e., American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, or Review of Economic Studies).

2. Other journal.

3. Book or book chapter.

If published in multiple outlets then uses lowest code. Unpublished papers have NA values. Publication statuses last updated on March 26, 2022.

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research

Examples

papers

if (require('dplyr')) {
papers %>% count(year)
}

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NBER working paper programs

Description

Crosswalk between NBER program codes, descriptions and categories.

Usage

data(programs)

Format

Data frame with columns

program

Program code.

program_desc

Program description.

program_category

Program category based on Chari and Goldsmith-Pinkham (2017).

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research

References

Chari, A. and P. Goldsmith-Pinkham (2017). Gender Representation in Economics Across Topics and Time: Evidence from the NBER Summer Institute. NBER Working Paper No. 23953, National Bureau of Economic Research.

Examples

programs

if (require('dplyr')) {
paper_programs %>% count(program) %>% left_join(programs)
}

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