Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223729 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13287
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate whether estimates of the effect of aid on growth are influenced by authors' careers. We collect data on the careers of 190 authors and apply meta-regression analysis to investigate the impact of authors' age and tenure status on the reported magnitude of aid effectiveness, and on the degree of selectivity in which results are reported. On average, authors without tenure report much larger effects and they also exhibit substantial publication selection bias. These findings are consistent with differences in publication incentives between tenured and non-tenured authors. Older non-tenured researchers report the most biased findings in this literature. One explanation for this latter result is these authors' links with aid agencies.
Subjects: 
aid
tenure
incentives to publish
meta-regression analysis
JEL: 
A11
C18
F35
I23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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