IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp17906.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

‘Based on Admin Data!’: How Administrative Data Fosters Young Economists’ Career

Author

Listed:
  • Lepinteur, Anthony

    (University of Luxembourg)

  • Nistico, Roberto

    (University of Naples Federico II)

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Lepinteur, Anthony & Nistico, Roberto, 2025. "‘Based on Admin Data!’: How Administrative Data Fosters Young Economists’ Career," IZA Discussion Papers 17906, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17906
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://docs.iza.org/dp17906.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    two-way fixed-effects; career progression; administrative data;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17906. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Holger Hinte (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/izaaade.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.