jole-identification-strategy

npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jole-identification-strategy --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

# Identification Strategy (jole-identification-strategy) ## When to trigger - The empirical core is OLS + controls with an undefended causal claim - A DID uses two-way fixed effects (TWFE) on staggered policy timing without modern estimators - A shift-share / Bartik IV's exclusion or exposure-share exogeneity is unargued - An RDD at an eligibility threshold lacks a density test or bandwidth robustness - AKM firm–worker fixed effects may carry limited-mobility bias ## The JOLE identification bar JOLE publishes empirical labor papers only when the causal claim is **credible and the data are replicable**. Labor referees apply the standard credibility ladder, tuned to labor settings (strong → weaker): 1. **RCT / field experiment** (e.g., training, hiring, job-search interventions) with balance and pre-registration 2. **RDD** at a clean eligibility threshold (program cutoffs, age/score rules) 3. **DID / event study** off a credibly exogenous labor reform (minimum wage, UI, mandate) with **modern estimators** 4. **IV**, including **shift-share / Bartik** designs, with a strong first stage and a defended exclusion restriction 5. **AKM two-way (firm + worker) fixed effects** for wage decom