Meta-Regression Analysis Issues of Publication Bias in Economics

by Roberts, Colin; Stanley, T. D.

• ISBN13: 9781405137997
• ISBN10: 1405137991
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume celebrates the innovative and rapidly growing area of economic research known as meta-regression analysis (MRA), which enables researchers to make sense of the disparate economic findings in an area of empirical research, using the same set of statistical tools found in that research. The volume develops methods which help researchers to distinguish publication selection from genuine empirical effect. It then applies these methods to topical areas of economic research including: the effect of immigration on wages, the effect of freedom on economic growth, minimum wage on unemployment, gender on salaries, unions on productivity, monetary unions on trade, and so on. In this way, the book helps to bridge the gulf between economic theory and practice. The surveys are written to be accessible to readers with a basic background in empirical economics and will be a valuable resource for those who want to keep abreast of empirical findings in a wide range of areas and to appreciate how they are reached.

Author Biography

Colin Roberts is Director of Studies and Lecturer in Economics at the University of Edinburgh.

Tom D. Stanley is Professor of Economics at Hendrix College.

Table of Contents

Issues in Meta-Regression Analysis: An Overview	1	(4)
Colin J. Roberts
Meta-Regression Analysis: A Quantitative Method of Literature Surveys	5	(10)
T. D. Stanley
Stephen B. Jarrell
Beyond Publication Bias	15	(38)
T. D. Stanley
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Common Currencies on International Trade	53	(20)
Andrew K. Rose
T. D. Stanley
Publication Bias in the Economic Freedom and Economic Growth Literature	73	(22)
Chris Doucouliagos
A Meta-Analysis of β-Convergence: the Legendary 2%	95	(32)
Maria Abreu
Henri L. F. de Groot
Raymond J. G. M. Florax
The Last Word on the Wage Curve?	127	(30)
Peter Nijkamp
Jacques Poot
A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages	157	(26)
Simonetta Longhi
Peter Nijkamp
Jacques Poot
A Meta-Analysis of the International Gender Wage Gap	183	(34)
Doris Weichselbaumer
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
The Income Elasticity of Money Demand: A Meta-Analysis of Empirical Results	217	(22)
Markus Knell
Helmut Stix
Index	239