TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lepinteur, Anthony
AU  - Nistico, Roberto
        TI  - ‘Based on Admin Data!’: How Administrative Data Fosters Young Economists’ Career
        PY  - 2025/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17906
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17906
        AB  - This paper examines whether access to administrative data mitigates or reinforces inequalities in academic careers. We study the VisitINPS program, which grants researchers access to rich administrative records, and construct a longitudinal dataset covering the quasi-universe of applicants. Using a Two-Way Fixed Effects model complemented by a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find that administrative data access improves research visibility and career progression but does not increase overall publication volume. However, these gains are unequal and our findings suggest that administrative data access may magnify, rather than reduce, existing disparities in the academic economics community.
        KW  - two-way fixed-effects
KW  - career progression
KW  - administrative data
        ER  -