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Conference report: New economic ideas to give structure to a fracturing geopolitical world
At the 3rd CEPR–Kiel Institute Conference on Geoeconomics in Berlin, Standard Error lead editor Samantha Eyler-Driscoll discovered prize-winning research on questions of world historical importance in a fermenting field.
Charles J. Del Dotto – Meet the Standard Error team
Despite his long experience editing research, veteran man of letters Charles J. Del Dotto’s great love will always be the theater. Here, he introduces himself to Standard Error’s consulting editor Olivier Simard-Casanova and discusses how his passion for the humanities continues to infuse his work as a social science editor.
The colonial roots of inequality
Colonial institutions such as slavery and encomiendas were the cornerstones of the wealth of elites and ethnic segregation in former colonies such as Colombia. Here, Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri of the Colombian central bank discusses her new working paper, recently edited by the Standard Error team, on how the education system continues to reproduce Colombia’s historical divides.
Does professional editing lead to better academic papers?
The job of language editors is to make research manuscripts clearer, more concise, and easier to read. Do publishing gatekeepers notice the difference?
Kaitlyn Sims – Meet the Standard Error team
Standard Error’s consulting editor Olivier Simard-Casanova connects with Kait Sims to chat about the complementarity between editing and research and her contributions as the “resident economist” on public policy research teams.
Researcher spotlight: Dario Sansone
This Pride Month, Standard Error celebrates the work of Dario Sansone, economist and senior lecturer at the University of Exeter, whose research provides critical empirical insights into how gender and sexual identity shape behavior at home, in the workplace, and in society at large.
Why do social scientists need editors?
Samantha Eyler-Driscoll discusses how academic editors support social science research and foster diversity in fields like economics.
Digital goods as social equalizers
New research featuring a survey experiment calculates that digital goods contribute an extraordinary $2.52 trillion in value across 13 countries studied, with disproportionate benefits for lower-income users and countries.
Defund or Reform?
Activists have long argued that widespread reformist impulses after social uprisings against police violence tend to lead to expansions in the policing industry. But what is the evidence? Shom Mazumder reviews a new working paper that investigates.
What the preprint revolution means for researchers in the Global South
Has the advent of open science platforms remedied geographical bias in attention to new research? In a word: No.
Talk at the Top
Introducing Our Talk at the Top Series: How Economists Talk (and Write) for Each Other and Why You Need to Know.
Sobel’s “Mourning edition” offers an authoritative peek at the mechanics of peer review in economics
Explore the insights of Joel Sobel, a former top-5 editor, in his reflective piece “Mourning Edition.” Delve into the mechanics of peer review in economics, learn about submitting research, handling rejections, and the role of referees.