One of the most persistent, and controversial, empirical regularities in economic education research is the significant difference between the test scores of male and female students. Several possible explanations for this “Gender Gap” are well documented in the literature. Using a large...

This paper demonstrates the potential problem in using existing economics journal rankings to evaluate the research productivity of scholars by constructing a new ranking of economics journals and articles. Based on 2142 econometrics sample articles published from 2000 to 2005, our ranking...

Purpose – Within the area of economics, the value attached to highly‐ranked journal publications, such as the American Economic Review , Journal of Political Economy and Quarterly Journal of Economics , in tenure, promotion, and merit pay processes is often several times greater than that of...