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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Aug 14

🪅DHS (not that one) Program website active again, and accepting requests for data access dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N... (via @ipums.bsky.social )

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 25

A data citation covers most of those (name, title, link), does not cover the disclaimer, but honestly, that seems a bit obscure. The piece so often missing is the ack that it is, actually, under CC-BY, and that that license is "sticky". I would be happy for just that.

AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 25

That's not the kind of precision that the @creativecommons.bsky.social folks say: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

That being said, I was (for rhetorical reasons) simplifying somewhat. But I would be happy if folks would actually do that one thing, bc generally, they do none of that....

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 25

Luckily, just about any repository out there hosting replication packages (and other data) provide you with a

SIMPLE

way to do that: Copy the citation... (or use your citation manager, e.g. @zotero.org to store the DOI). #datacitation #openscience

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 25

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!

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 24

Of course, my name tag won't say "Data Editor, speak to me". Look for this guy: @larsvil.bsky.social

AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Jun 24

#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.

AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 12

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!

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 29

This is an important part of the scientific process!

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 29

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

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

Not at the moment. Sorry.

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

None of this is a guarantee that we truly learn the identity of a firm. There are many (plausible, legitimate, legal) reasons why the identify of a data source may not be available to even the editors, and yet warrant publication. It's a balance.

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

And I'm always happy to discuss, by email, or at conferences, what that might look like exactly. bsky.app/profile/aead...

AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

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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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

Some discussion of (similar) scenarios in 2024 aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2024-0... and a bit more tangentially in 2023 aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2023-1...

NDAs, NDAs, and NDAs: How to describe access to data that cannot be published

I was recently forwarded a question from a data librarian discussion list, and invited to respond to the question of “example language” for a data access description when data were obtained via a non-...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

Our policy is already too long to cover all possible scenarios, I am told (repeatedly...), but it is very clear "access to the data and code is nonexclusive to the authors" in line 1 ... www.aeaweb.org/journals/dat... Need an exception? See line 3, and a discussion w/ editor + me ensues.

Data and Code Availability Policy

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 19

That, or something similar, under a formal NDA, is what I do several times a year.

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 13

Sept 15, 2025, Köln 🇩🇪: Panel on Open Science - Increasing Research Transparency in Economics, @vfsecon.bsky.social annual meeting, aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0...

Open Science - Increasing Research Transparency in Economics

Abstract Over the past years, several international associations in economics have introduced systematic reproducibility checks of submissions and a number of initiatives have been coordinating large...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 13

(strictly speaking, still summer) Sept 14, 2025, Köln 🇩🇪: Practical Guidance for Open Science in Your Research @vfsecon.bsky.social annual meeting aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0...

Practical Guidance for Open Science in Your Research

Abstract Open Science is a key ingredient for credible research. Many also think that it is hard. We provide an accessible introduction into the topic and the concepts. We distill results from survey...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 13

May 30, 2025, Montreal 🇨🇦 Panel on reproducibility and AI at @canadianeconoassoc.bsky.social meetings: aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0...

CEA Panel on Reproducibility

Location 8:30am-10am, UQAM, Pavillon DS, 320, rue Ste-Catherine est, room DS-R510 Abstract Recent AI developments, particularly large language models (LLMs), came out in full force in the last coup...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 12

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!

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

June 22-23, 2025, San Francisco 🇺🇸🐻: Reproducibility from Day 1 to Day T - two part presentation/tutorial at the @weai.bsky.social annual meeting. aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0... Also available for chats around the conference.

Reproducibility from Day 1 to Day T

Abstract Journals require that you share your code and data in a replication package upon acceptance. However, efficient reproducibility starts at the beginning of the research project. Following som...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

June 17, 2025: Reproducibility from the data editor’s perspective in Mexico City 🇲🇽 aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0... Also happy to chat separately with folks who are not attending the conference.

Reproducibility from the data editor’s perspective

Time 9:00-10:30 AM (Mexico City time) Note I may also be available for individual meetings June 16 and 19.

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

May 26-27, 2025: QICSS Summer School on Research Reproducibility joint with @canadianeconoassoc.bsky.social as part of pre-program for 2025 CEA meetings in Montreal, QC, Canada. 1 1/2 day workshop. aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0... (you still need a passport...)

QICSS Summer School on Research Reproducibility

Abstract This intensive (1.5 day) training explores the fundamental principles of reproducibility, a pillar of open science that ensures the transparency and credibility of scientific research. You w...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

May 14, 2025: "La crédibilité de la recherche : comment améliorer la reproductibilité en sciences économiques", joint with Marie Connolly, data editor for @canadianeconoassoc.bsky.social journal (in 🇨🇦, but happy to interact in 🇺🇸) in beautiful Orford, QC aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2025-0...

La crédibilité de la recherche : comment améliorer la reproductibilité en sciences économiques

A discussion on the credibility of research with two data editors (The discussion will be in French) Join us in beautiful Orford, Quebec, just north of Vermont. Marie Connolly is Data Editor for th...

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · May 8

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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IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · Apr 18

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.

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