Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75362 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
RatSWD Working Paper No. 215
Publisher: 
Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), Berlin
Abstract: 
Wer provide evidence for the status quo in economics with respect to data sharing using a unique data set with 488 hand-collected observations randomly taken from researchers' academic webpages. Out of the sample, 435 researchers (89.14%) neither have a data&code section nor indicate whether their data is available. We find that 8.81% of researchers share some of their data whereas only 2.05% fully share. We run an ordered probit regression to relate the decision of researchers to share to their observable characteristics. We find that threee predictors are positiv and significant across specifications: being full professor, working at a higher-ranked institution and personal attitudes towards sharing as indicated by sharing other material such as lecture slides.
Subjects: 
Data sharing
data availibility
open science
JEL: 
B40
C80
L59
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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