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Open Access to Data: An Ideal Professed but not Practised

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.
Year of publication:
2013
Authors: Andreoli-Versbach, Patrick ; Mueller-Langer, Frank
Publisher: Berlin : Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
Subject: Data sharing | data availibility | open science
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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories): Working Paper
Language: English
Other identifiers:
737101210 [GVK]
hdl:10419/75362 [Handle]
RePEc:rsw:rswwps:rswwps215 [RePEc]
Classification: B40 - Economic Methodology. General ; C80 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs. General ; L59 - Regulation and Industrial Policy. Other
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Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010314728
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