AEA Data Editor
@aeadata.bsky.social
Data editor for the American Economic Association - for official guidance, always go to http://aeaweb.org and https://aeadataeditor.github.io. Does not follow persons (sorry)
🧵For authors preparing the replication packages that accompany their 2026 AEA Papers and Proceedings publication www.aeaweb.org/journals/pandp: Here are some notes on preparing your replication package (1/8)
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
🧵For authors preparing the replication packages that accompany their 2026 AEA Papers and Proceedings publication www.aeaweb.org/journals/pandp: Here are some notes on preparing your replication package (1/8)
For those who attended the Jan 3 and 4 sessions at #assa2026 and want a copy of the slides, or those who couldn't make it:
Jan 3: Reproducibility from Day 1 larsvilhuber.github.io/day1-tutorial/
Jan 3: Reproducibility from Day 1 larsvilhuber.github.io/day1-tutorial/
Reproducibility from Day 1
larsvilhuber.github.io
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
For those who attended the Jan 3 and 4 sessions at #assa2026 and want a copy of the slides, or those who couldn't make it:
Jan 3: Reproducibility from Day 1 larsvilhuber.github.io/day1-tutorial/
Jan 3: Reproducibility from Day 1 larsvilhuber.github.io/day1-tutorial/
🪅DHS (not that one) Program website active again, and accepting requests for data access dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N... (via @ipums.bsky.social )
dhsprogram.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🪅DHS (not that one) Program website active again, and accepting requests for data access dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N... (via @ipums.bsky.social )
I would like to re-emphasize that when data are "publicly available" (as authors frequently mention), the LICENSE matters. Most AEA replication packages are fully or partially under a #CC-BY license. You have ONE (only ONE) obligation, but you MUST fulfill that one obligation: CITE THE DATA!
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I would like to re-emphasize that when data are "publicly available" (as authors frequently mention), the LICENSE matters. Most AEA replication packages are fully or partially under a #CC-BY license. You have ONE (only ONE) obligation, but you MUST fulfill that one obligation: CITE THE DATA!
#sole2025 coming up! I'll be there, hanging around the post-lunch Poster session (P01/2 Metropolitan East) on Friday, if you have questions! (My name tag will give me away). Or buttonhole me at the Cocktail reception on Saturday.
June 27-29, 2025, Toronto 🇨🇦: I will be at EALE-SOLE, available for impromptu chats. Will find a space to do a popup AMA coffee (or drinks), stay tuned!
June 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#sole2025 coming up! I'll be there, hanging around the post-lunch Poster session (P01/2 Metropolitan East) on Friday, if you have questions! (My name tag will give me away). Or buttonhole me at the Cocktail reception on Saturday.
It is always a pleasure, but also causes some trepidation 😰, when a bunch of motivated junior (and senior!) researchers get together at @i4replication.bsky.social replication games, and I get to observe how others work with the replication packages that we helped prepare! #Montreal
May 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It is always a pleasure, but also causes some trepidation 😰, when a bunch of motivated junior (and senior!) researchers get together at @i4replication.bsky.social replication games, and I get to observe how others work with the replication packages that we helped prepare! #Montreal
Summer is approaching, and so are various conferences. As so often, I target being available at various conferences, including presenting and answering questions. Here is a list of places and times in the next two months.
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Summer is approaching, and so are various conferences. As so often, I target being available at various conferences, including presenting and answering questions. Here is a list of places and times in the next two months.
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Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.
Questionnaire on the use of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.
Worthwhile to attend: rdapassociation.org/event-6142604
Research Data Access and Preservation Association - RDAP Data Rescue Hackathon
rdapassociation.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Worthwhile to attend: rdapassociation.org/event-6142604
My apologies for not posting this earlier (there's other stuff happening), but for those wrapping up their AEA Papers and Proceedings replication packages, here is some guidance aeadataeditor.github.io/aea-de-guida...
Preparing your replication package for Papers and Proceedings
Much of the preparation for the replication packages for papers published in Papers and Proceedings is the same as for the AEA journals, see Step 1 and Step 2. However, our compliance check is mor...
aeadataeditor.github.io
April 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My apologies for not posting this earlier (there's other stuff happening), but for those wrapping up their AEA Papers and Proceedings replication packages, here is some guidance aeadataeditor.github.io/aea-de-guida...
Hopefully this is a useful tool: findlostdata.org
Find Lost Data
findlostdata.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hopefully this is a useful tool: findlostdata.org
Short note on provision of "raw" data in replication packages. "Raw" are data files exactly as downloaded from original source. Not renamed, not converted, not made prettier. All that is important, and is the next step, for which you provide code (or instructions). But "raw" is as "raw as it gets".
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Short note on provision of "raw" data in replication packages. "Raw" are data files exactly as downloaded from original source. Not renamed, not converted, not made prettier. All that is important, and is the next step, for which you provide code (or instructions). But "raw" is as "raw as it gets".
Some excellent guidance from MIT on step by step data preservation of secondary data: libraries.mit.edu/data-managem... (via Wendy Kozlowski orcid.org/0000-0001-65...)
Checklist for USA federal data backups | Data management
Introduction The United States (US) federal government collects, aggregates, and disseminates a large volume of information and data. This content is used by researchers, policymakers, and many others...
libraries.mit.edu
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some excellent guidance from MIT on step by step data preservation of secondary data: libraries.mit.edu/data-managem... (via Wendy Kozlowski orcid.org/0000-0001-65...)
Possible additional info for those seeking data: (no endorsement, just info) www.datarescueproject.org/current-effo...
Current Efforts
There are many individuals, organizations, and community-based efforts to capture and preserve data in early 2025. Below are the efforts we are aware of and their collecting scopes. This list was deve...
www.datarescueproject.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Possible additional info for those seeking data: (no endorsement, just info) www.datarescueproject.org/current-effo...
We are seeing some impact on reproducibility efforts with the transition to the new US administration. For now, I suggest that you make backups of any data that required you to actively interact with the Federal government, as there may be a delay in response times.... #openscience
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are seeing some impact on reproducibility efforts with the transition to the new US administration. For now, I suggest that you make backups of any data that required you to actively interact with the Federal government, as there may be a delay in response times.... #openscience
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The AEA ad hoc Committee on the use of Social Media in Economics has released a report with details on their process, findings, and recommendations. We encourage you to read the report: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
January 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The AEA ad hoc Committee on the use of Social Media in Economics has released a report with details on their process, findings, and recommendations. We encourage you to read the report: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
I sometimes see researchers doing copy-pasting between output from Stata/R/MATLAB ➡️Excel, to create tables. This is a lot of work, source of many copy-paste errors & a bad 👿idea. I describe 1 way to avoid this, even when you don't want to invest in a new and better tool. Think "halfway house"...
January 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I sometimes see researchers doing copy-pasting between output from Stata/R/MATLAB ➡️Excel, to create tables. This is a lot of work, source of many copy-paste errors & a bad 👿idea. I describe 1 way to avoid this, even when you don't want to invest in a new and better tool. Think "halfway house"...
Up on Saturday morning at #ASSA2025 : Day 2 of reproducibility tutorial by data editors. Any input to the topic? Answer our survey: cornell.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Up on Saturday morning at #ASSA2025 : Day 2 of reproducibility tutorial by data editors. Any input to the topic? Answer our survey: cornell.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Last chance! #ASSA2025 to fill out the survey! See you all in an hour at the tutorial on reproducibility DAY 1!
#ASSA2025 If you want to influence (a bit) on what we present in our Tutorial on Reproducibility (DAY 1) FRIDAY 8:00 AM , do fill out this survey: cornell.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... . Results: live tomorrow morning!
January 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Last chance! #ASSA2025 to fill out the survey! See you all in an hour at the tutorial on reproducibility DAY 1!
#ASSA2025 If you want to influence (a bit) on what we present in our Tutorial on Reproducibility (DAY 1) FRIDAY 8:00 AM , do fill out this survey: cornell.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... . Results: live tomorrow morning!
January 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#ASSA2025 If you want to influence (a bit) on what we present in our Tutorial on Reproducibility (DAY 1) FRIDAY 8:00 AM , do fill out this survey: cornell.yul1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... . Results: live tomorrow morning!
Reposting this b/c of course it's #ASSA2025 !
As folks are planning for the #ASSA2024 meetings, if you have questions or want to learn about the best way to conduct reproducible research and (later) prepare replication packages, come to our two sessions, joint w/ Marie Connolly @CanJEcon , co-sponsored w/ @ecmaeditors.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reposting this b/c of course it's #ASSA2025 !
As folks are planning for the #ASSA2024 meetings, if you have questions or want to learn about the best way to conduct reproducible research and (later) prepare replication packages, come to our two sessions, joint w/ Marie Connolly @CanJEcon , co-sponsored w/ @ecmaeditors.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 10:09 AM
As folks are planning for the #ASSA2024 meetings, if you have questions or want to learn about the best way to conduct reproducible research and (later) prepare replication packages, come to our two sessions, joint w/ Marie Connolly @CanJEcon , co-sponsored w/ @ecmaeditors.bsky.social
An oldy but goldy: friends don't let friends (with Windows computers) use "\". See aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2021-0...
File paths in statistical software
A short thread (PSA) on a FOC (frequently occurring problem) that shouldn’t be one: file paths in statistical software.
aeadataeditor.github.io
November 27, 2024 at 4:27 PM
An oldy but goldy: friends don't let friends (with Windows computers) use "\". See aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2021-0...
Happening today #2024appam @appam.bsky.social room National Harbor 1 at 1:00pm
#AMA #dataeditortips If you missed us so far, @larsvil.bsky.social will be at #2024APPAM on Saturday Nov 23 for a Q&A session. Happy to answer all sorts of questions, just drop in, ask, listen. #WashingtonDC
November 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Happening today #2024appam @appam.bsky.social room National Harbor 1 at 1:00pm
Thx to GtownU & Amy O'Hara, we have a space for Friday Nov 22:
125 E Street NW, 9th floor Convening Space
Meet w/ me @larsvil.bsky.social Joan Llull ECTA & Farasat Bokhari WEAI to learn&ask about best practices in preparing replication packages for publications in Economics #2024APPAM #2024SEA
125 E Street NW, 9th floor Convening Space
Meet w/ me @larsvil.bsky.social Joan Llull ECTA & Farasat Bokhari WEAI to learn&ask about best practices in preparing replication packages for publications in Economics #2024APPAM #2024SEA
We are still working on a different event on Friday Nov 22 closer to downtown, with THREE data editors, stay tuned. You don't need to schlep out to National Harbor just to talk to us, but if you ARE at #2024APPAM , do drop by with your questions.
November 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Thx to GtownU & Amy O'Hara, we have a space for Friday Nov 22:
125 E Street NW, 9th floor Convening Space
Meet w/ me @larsvil.bsky.social Joan Llull ECTA & Farasat Bokhari WEAI to learn&ask about best practices in preparing replication packages for publications in Economics #2024APPAM #2024SEA
125 E Street NW, 9th floor Convening Space
Meet w/ me @larsvil.bsky.social Joan Llull ECTA & Farasat Bokhari WEAI to learn&ask about best practices in preparing replication packages for publications in Economics #2024APPAM #2024SEA