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El estatus de la ciencia económica en México

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  • Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo

    (El Colegio de México)

  • López Araiza, Sergio E.

    (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)

Abstract

Background: Academic journals focused in economics can reflect a lot about the economic science status in Mexico. In this article, we study female authorship, academic networks and the topics discussed in Mexican economic journals from 2000 to 2017. Methodology: Using data for six of the main economic journals in Mexico from 2000 to 2017 we study the authors as well as the subjects discussed in them. With the author information we study how the presence of female authors has evolved in Mexican economic journals and, also, the interactions among scholars from different institutions. On the other hands, we use text analysis on the abstracts to determine if certain keywords related to Mexico’s main economic problems or vulnerable groups were mentioned. Results: First, we observe that women have acquired a greater presence —measured both as the percentage of articles with at least one female author (an increase of 31 percentage points) as well as the percentage of authors that are women (an increase of 14 percentage points). On the other hand, interuniversity networks seem to be quite rare during this period: the UNAM’s coauthorships with the IPN, the most common source of interuniversity collaboration, represents only 7.7% of its coauthorships. Finally, both important themes for Mexico’s economy as well as vulnerable groups are not mentioned in most of the abstracts. Conclusions: Mexican economic journals can be improved on many accounts. Given that science benefits from diversity, it is desirable to have more female authors as well as more interuniversity collaboration networks. On the other hand, the topics studied in Mexican economic journals are mostly not related neither with Mexico’s main economic challenges nor with vulnerable groups.// Antecedentes: las revistas académicas de economía pueden decirnos mucho acerca del estatus de la ciencia económica. En este artículo analizamos la presencia de las mujeres, las redes interuniversitarias y los temas que se han tratado de 2000 a 2017. Metodología: tomando datos para seis de las principales revistas arbitradas de economía en México de 2000 a 2017, analizamos tanto a los autores como los temas tratados en ellas. Utilizamos la información de esos autores para estudiar la manera en que ha evolucionado la presencia de las mujeres en estas publicaciones y para conocer las interacciones entre investigadores de distintas instituciones. Con base en los resúmenes de cada artículo analizamos las menciones de palabras clave de temas importantes para la economía mexicana y, también, para grupos en situación de vulnerabilidad. Resultados: en primera instancia observamos que las mujeres han adquirido una mayor presencia a lo largo de estos últimos 17 años, medida tanto en porcentaje de artículos al menos con una autora (un aumento de 31 p. p.) como en el porcentaje de autoras que representan a las mujeres en cada año (un aumento de 14 p. p.). En lo referente a las redes de colaboración, nuestro análisis muestra que las colaboraciones entre investigadores de diferentes instituciones son poco comunes: la UNAM tiene su vínculo más estrecho con el IPN, y con investigadores de esta institución se dan tan sólo 7.7% de sus colaboraciones. Finalmente, tanto los temas relevantes para la economía mexicana como los grupos vulnerables son mencionados con una frecuencia muy baja en los resúmenes de los artículos. Conclusiones: las publicaciones arbitradas en economía pueden mejorar. Dado que la ciencia se beneficia de la diversidad, sería deseable ver tanto a más mujeres publicando como un mayor número de colaboraciones interuniversitarias. Por otro lado, los temas abordados en las revistas científicas mexicanas de economía no están necesariamente relacionados con los principales retos económicos de México y tampoco nos ayudan a comprender mejor a los grupos en situación de vulnerabilidad.

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  • Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo & López Araiza, Sergio E., 2018. "El estatus de la ciencia económica en México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(340), pages .683-700, octubre-d.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:85:y:2018:i:340:p:683-700
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v85i340.771
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    Keywords

    igualdad de género; redes; grupos vulnerables; revistas académicas; México;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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