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Chris Doucouliagos

Deakin University, Australia, and IZA, Germany

The ultimate aim of research is to inform and improve policy effectiveness. IZA World of Labor provides a solid and dependable bridge between academia and policy. It is great opportunity to be a part of this initiative

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Author

Current position

Chair in Economics, Deakin University

Research interest

Aid effectiveness, meta-regression analysis, public choice, political economy, development economics, transition economies, fiscal interactions, minimum wage, inequality

Website

http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/chris-doucouliagos

Past positions

Economics Discipline Leader, 2012–2014; Associate Head of School (Research), 2004–2006

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Monash University, 1996

Selected publications

  • “The power of bias in economics research.” The Economic Journal (Forthcoming) (with J. P. A. Ioannidis and T. D. Stanley).

  • The Economics of Trade Unions: A Study of a Research Field and its Findings. Oxford: Routledge, 2017 (with R. B. Freeman and P. Laroche).

  • “Neither fixed nor random: Weighted least squares meta-analysis.” Statistics in Medicine 34:13 (2015): 2116–2127 (with T. D. Stanley).

  • Meta-Regression Analysis in Economics and Business. Oxford: Routledge, 2012 (with T. D. Stanley).

article(s)

  • Meta-regression analysis: Producing credible estimates from diverse evidence

    Meta-regression methods can be used to develop evidence-based policies when the evidence base lacks credibility

    Chris Doucouliagos, November 2016
    Good policy requires reliable scientific knowledge, but there are many obstacles. Most econometric estimates lack adequate statistical power; some estimates cannot be replicated; publication selection bias (the selective reporting of results) is common; and there is wide variation in the evidence base on most policy issues. Meta-regression analysis offers a way to increase statistical power, correct the evidence base for a range of biases, and make sense of the unceasing flow of contradictory econometric estimates. It enables policymakers to develop evidence-based policies even when the initial evidence base lacks credibility.
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