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Economics Journals Faulted for Neglecting Studies on Race and Discrimination – The Wall Street Journal

Some economists say their field’s most prestigious journals haven’t been particularly receptive to scholarly work related to race and discrimination, effectively marginalizing such studies and their authors.

The result has been to discourage research on such topics and limit the writers’ careers, some people in the field say. That, in circular fashion, limits the diversity of thought at the major journals, whose editors serve as gatekeepers for the profession and whose publications influence national economic policy making.

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