Table 1

Family Fixed Effects Articles in Top Applied Journals 2002–2017

Binary Indep.Binary Dep.Both BinaryTotal
AEJ: Applied  6  4  3  8
AEJ: Economic Policy  1  1  1  1
AER  3  1  1  5
AER Papers and Proceedings  2  2  1  3
Journal of Health Economics  5  3  2  7
Journal of Human Resources  7  2  212
Journal of Labor Economics  2  1  1  5
Journal of Political Economy  2  1  1  2
Journal of Public Economics  4  4  4  5
QJE  1  4  1  4
Review of Economics and Statistics  2  0  0  3
Total35231755
Common Dependent Variables
Schooling/Attainment23
Test score17
Employment/earnings15
Birth weight  6
Health  6
Behavioral issues/crime  5
Common Independent Variables
Schooling  8
Birth weight  5
Health  5
Parental traits  4
Employment  3
Birth order  3
Means-tested public program  2
Death of Family Member  2
Bombing/radiation  2
Observations by Sample
Siblings NTotal N
p104691,212
p251,1672,142
p506,31517,501
p75160,122551,630
p90750,6971,582,142
Year publication min./max.20022017
Articles with balance table if binary indep.  1
  • Notes: This table presents a summary of FFE articles published between January 2000 and May 2017 in 11 top applied journals, which are listed in the first panel of the table. For reference, between 2002 and 2017 the number of articles published in AEJ: Applied was 310; AEJ: Policy was 313; AER was 1722; AER P&P was 1676; JoLE was 434; Journal of Political Economy was 548; QJE was 639; JHR was 543; JPubE was 1688; REStat was 1033; JHE was 1017. Articles were initially identified using the search terms “family,” “within family,” “sibling,” “twin,” “mother,” “father,” “brother,” “sister,” fixed effect,” “fixed-effect,” and “birthweight” using queries on journal websites. Siblings N is the number of observations reported for the sample of siblings, while Total N represents the number of total observations reported. See text for details.