2 Research Links

The graphs are from paper No. 1 below, from data of Lambeth, London. 

1. Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment. Draft. 
2. Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes. Draft. 

6 Research Links

Taken from "The democratic transition."

1. The democratic transition.  
2. Exploring the Socioeconomic Benefits of Bilingualism in Southern California.
3. Life Satisfaction of Immigrants: Does Cultural Assimilation Matter?
4. Alcohol Exposure in Utero and Child Academic Achievement.
5. Entrepreneurial Couples.
6. How Do Small Businesses Pay for a Minimum Wage Increase?

The determinants of individual scientific performance (Italy)

Evidence of clear-cut and significant substitution or complementarity effect between teaching and research activities is not found. Indeed, a major teaching load does not apparently affect the odds to be a non-active researcher, while it has mixed and very weak effects on publication performance of active researchers. A negative relationship among productivity and administrative tasks [proxied by faculty meetings] is highlighted. 

The data

We analyze original data referring to a medium-sized Italian university which employs 942 researchers covering many scientific fields in Life Sciences, Physical and Engineering Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities. P. 22.

And

Younger researchers are probably more attentive and sensible than older scholars to the selection of the journals where their outlet is going to be published. P. 22.

You can find the paper here. It is by Alberto Baccini, Lucio Barabesi, Martina Cioni, & Caterina Pisani (all of them at the University of Siena). HT: Jonas Holmstrom. 

4 Research Links (Behavioral Economics)

1. Awareness Reduces Racial Bias.
2. The Effect of Behavioral Codes and Gender on Honesty.
3. Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel Data.
4. Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe.

3 Research Links (02-14-14) Remittances, Entrepreneurial Optimism, and Forecast Performance

1. ". . . remittances significantly increase the probability that families enroll their children in primary and secondary schools, suggesting that remittances increase education human capital formation." (Feb. 2014). Source.
2. ". . . entrepreneurs are less biased towards optimism than non-entrepreneurs are biased towards pessimism." (Jan. 2014). Source. HT: Marcus Dejardin.
3. Financial analysts benefit from site visits. (Jan. 2014). Source. 

3 Research Links on Health Economics

1. The child health implications of privatizing Africa's urban water supply (Journal of Health Economics, January 2014). A draft is here (May 3013). 
2. The effects of health information technology on the costs and quality of medical care (Journal of Health Economics, March 2014). A draft is here (November 2010). That is puzzling and not surprising. Some of the reason for that are here. 
3. . . . persons who frequently drink and drive do not typically engage in this behavior because of cognitive limitations. They know what they are doing and understand the legal consequences of their behaviour. (Journal of Health Economics, February 2014). A draft is here. 

The Best 10 Economics Papers of 2013

According to the number of visits to this blog - some of them came out as working papers in 2013, or they were published in 2013.

1. The Wealth of Subnations: Geography, Institutions, and Within-Country Development. (Working paper 2013). By Todd Mitton.
2. Better than Ploughing. (PSL Quarterly Review 2013). By James M. Buchanan.
3. MIT’s Openness to Jewish Economists. (Working paper 2013). By E. Roy Weintraub.
4. Gold Returns. (Working paper 2013). By Barro & Misra. 
5. Riding in Cars with Boys: Elinor Ostrom's Adventures with the Police. (Journal of Institutional Economics), (working paper 2013). By Boettke, Palagashvili, & Lemke. I did not find an ungated version of this paper. 
6. Some Perspectives on Linked Ecosystems and Socio-Economic Systems. (Working paper 2013). By Arrow, Ehrlich, & Levin.
7. The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-Being: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami. (Working paper 2013). By Cas, Frankenberg, Suriastini, & Thomas.
8. Family Ties. (Working paper 2013). By Alesina & Giuliano.
9. The economic impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Chinese municipalities. (Journal of Development Economics 2013) (working paper 2009). By Jin Wang.
10. Does Urbanization Affect Rural Poverty? Evidence from Indian Districts. (Working paper 2013). By Calì & Menon. 

The post on the paper "Childhood Socialization and Political Attitudes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment" has had many visits as well. (The Journal of Politics 2013). By Healy & Malhotra.

Of course there is top research in economics out there that is not in the list.

The 2011 list is here.

The 2012 list is here. 

Research Tribune

1. Even One Is Too Much: The Economic Consequences of Being a Smoker.
2. Do Solar Lamps Help Children Study?
3. Three ‘Rs’ of Econometrics.
4. Mobile Technology Trends and their Potential for Agricultural Development.
5. How Will Older Workers Who Lose Their Jobs during the Great Recession Fare in the Long-Run?

3 Research Links 9/9/13

1. Is corruption in China “out of control”? A comparison with the US in historical perspective. I posted that paper when it came out as a working paper. Carlos was my professor of macroeconomics in grad school, and his lectures on economic growth were inspiring.
2. Does Trust Promote Growth? A draft is here.
3. Becker and Foucault on Crime and Punishment.

4 Research links 9/8/13

1. Geographic Differences in the Earnings of Economics Majors.
2. The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony.
3. Return to wine investments.
4. Do Institutions Affect Social Preferences? Evidence from Divided Korea. (Are the groups selected for this study comparable?)

6 Research Links 9/7/13

1. Insurer Competition and Negotiated Hospital Prices.
2. The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence.
3. Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions?
4. Distance to Cannabis-Shops and Age of Onset of Cannabis Use.
5. Unemployment of Non-Western Immigrants in the Great Recession.
6. How Does Ambiguity Affect Individual Behaviour?

4 Research Links 9/6/13

1. Africa's Statistical Tragedy.
2. A Tale of Formal and Informal Plants in India.
3. How the Presentation Order of Buffet Food Biases Selection.
4. Why Real Leisure Really Matters: Incentive Effects on Real Effort in the Laboratory.

The Research and Wealth Relationship

Using a database of 76,046 empirical economics papers published between 1985 and 2005, we report two associations. First, research output on a given country increases with the country's population and wealth, yielding a strong correlation between per-capita research output and per-capita GDP. Regressions controlling for data quality, governance and the use of English give an estimated research–wealth elasticity of 0.32; surprisingly, the U.S. is not an outlier. Second, papers written about the U.S. are 2.5 percentage-points more likely to be published in the top five economics journals after accounting for authors' institutional affiliations and the field of study. This is a large effect because only 1.5% of all papers written about countries other than the U.S. are published in first-tier journals. No similar premium for research on the U.S. is detected in second-tier general interest journals, where papers from the UK and Europe command a substantial premium instead.

That is from a paper by Jishnu Dasa, Quy-Toan Doa, Karen Shainesa, & Sowmya Srikant. A draft is here. 

Research Links, 08/22/13

Making Do With Less: Working Harder During Recessions.

Jury Ignorance and Political Ignorance.

Academic careers: a cross-country perspective. HT: Jonas Holmstrom.

3 Research Links

1. Minimising Misery: A New Strategy for Public Policies Instead of Maximising Happiness?
2. Return-Migration, Race, and Political Trust.
3. Scholars' physical appearance, research performance and feelings of happiness.

HT: Viviana Di Giovinazzo.

2 Research Links (7/20/13)

1. Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? 
2. Cash Transfers and Child Labour.

2 Research Links (07/04/13)

1. Who creates jobs?
2. The effects of policy volatility. 

Source. 

4 Research Links (07/1/13)

1. Women Seek More Variety in Rewards When Closer to Ovulation.
2. Local Warming and Violent Conflict in North and South Sudan.
3. Education Externalities on Longevity. Draft. 
4. Religiosity and State Welfare.

Research links (06/25/13)

1. Competitive presidential elections and agriculture-productivity growth in Africa. Draft.
2. Do Markets Punish Left Governments? 
3. The Foreign Policy Consequences of Trade: China’s Commercial Relations with Africa and Latin America, 1992–2006.

Research links

1. The Predictive Power of Political Pundits.
2. Can We Build Behavioral Game Theory?
3. Social Capital, Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence for Spanish Provinces.