jape-replication-and-data-policy
Use when assembling the mandatory JAE Data Archive deposit for an accepted Journal of Applied Econometrics paper — plain-ASCII/CSV data with a readme, the programs that replicate every result, and the confidential-data exception. Encodes the archive's actual format rules (no bare .dta/SAS) and its history (Queen's 1994–2022, now ZBW).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jape-replication-and-data-policy --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Replication & Data Policy for JAE (jape-replication-and-data-policy) Use this from day one, not only after acceptance — the deposit is the journal's signature norm. ## When to trigger - Preparing the data/code deposit for an accepted JAE paper - Handling confidential or restricted data under JAE's policy - Auditing whether your package meets the archive's format rules before deposit ## The signature requirement JAE's defining norm: **authors of accepted papers must deposit a complete set of the data used onto the Journal's Data Archive, unless the data are confidential.** The archive has held data for **all papers accepted since January 1994** and also stores **programs, technical appendices, and supplementary material**. Hosted at **Queen's University (1994–2022, maintainer J. G. MacKinnon)**, it **moved to ZBW's Journal Data Archive (journaldata.zbw.eu) in 2022** (~1,487 datasets). ## Format rules (do not get this wrong) - Every dataset needs a **plain-text ASCII readme** (source, variables, units, provenance). - Data must be **plain ASCII / CSV**. **Proprietary binary (Stata `.dta`, SAS) is NOT acceptable on its own** — export to documented CSV/TXT. - Supply the **programs** t
- When to trigger
- The signature requirement
- Format rules (do not get this wrong)
- Confidential-data exception
- Deposit assembly order
- readme.txt skeleton for the archive deposit
- Replication Articles and the archive trail
- Deposit pitfalls that bounce packages
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the jape-replication-and-data-policy skill do?
Use when assembling the mandatory JAE Data Archive deposit for an accepted Journal of Applied Econometrics paper — plain-ASCII/CSV data with a readme, the programs that replicate every result, and the confidential-data exception. Encodes the archive's actual format rules (no bare .dta/SAS) and its history (Queen's 1994–2022, now ZBW).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jape-replication-and-data-policy --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.