Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320500 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17906
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines whether access to administrative data mitigates or reinforces inequalities in academic careers. We study the VisitINPS program, which grants researchers access to rich administrative records, and construct a longitudinal dataset covering the quasi-universe of applicants. Using a Two-Way Fixed Effects model complemented by a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find that administrative data access improves research visibility and career progression but does not increase overall publication volume. However, these gains are unequal and our findings suggest that administrative data access may magnify, rather than reduce, existing disparities in the academic economics community.
Subjects: 
two-way fixed-effects
career progression
administrative data
JEL: 
J01
J60
J40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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