Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319132 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17863
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines publications in three leading general economics journals from the 1960s through the 2020s, considering levels and trends in the demographics of authors, methodologies of the studies, and patterns of co-authorship. The average age of authors has increased nearly steadily; there has been a sharp increase in the fraction of female authors; the number of authors per paper has risen steadily; and there has been a pronounced shift to articles using newly generated data. All but the first of these trends have been most pronounced in the most recent decade. The study also examines the relationships among these trends.
Subjects: 
sociology of economics
co-authors
authorship
JEL: 
A14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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