Rogowski et al. (2022) show that historical postal networks boosted economic development across countries and within the US.
The replication study reproduced all results — the findings are broadly robust, though somewhat sensitive to spatial trends. #Replication #Economics #OpenScience

The results remain robust when (i) extending the
sample period from 1994-2014 to 1994-2019 and (ii) using metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level
unemployment variation instead of state-level variation.

The authors replicate Forsythe (2022), which examines how labor market transitions vary by experience over the business cycle. Using CPS data from IPUMS and new code, they confirm that hiring probability of youths is more sensitive to business-cycle conditions than for experienced individuals.

This insight helps researchers identify which cases and configurations influence results, leading to better analytical decisions. The authors suggest that the original paper lacks conclusive evidence for its hypotheses due to insufficient variation in the empirical data sample.

The replication study can replicate its results but highlights misunderstandings in the interpretation. By correcting these issues, it questions the original study's findings and elaborates on the calculation of two fsQCA fit measures—consistency and PRI scores—in the sufficiency solution.

The findings indicate that young outsiders experience segmentation due to non-linear factors such as deindustrialization, labor market coordination, employment protection, and liberalization.

They revisit Marques and Salavisa (2017) which use fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to examine age-based labor market dualization in Southern European, Anglo-Saxon, and some Nordic countries.

The replication study supports their findings when they use the same waves as they do, but also when they extend the sample by including more countries and interview waves and use different variables for years of education.

to analyse the impact of education on cognitive functioning decades after leaving school, and show a positive effect of education on memory scores and some evidence of a protective effect of education on the decline in verbal fluency.

The paper replicates the analysis of Schneeweis et al. (2014) using their sample as well as an extended sample. Schneeweis et al. (2014) use Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe data and exploit compulsory schooling reforms implemented in six European countries