Everyday Responsibilities

The Daily, Bi- Weekly, Weekly, and Semesterly breakdown of tasks.

Check Unassigned Cases

Part of the daily routine, details on how to check the new unassigned cases.

Assigning New Cases

A written breakdown of the process for assigning cases.

Requesting Restricted Access Data

Instructions for cases where the author(s) have indicated on the DCAF that they can make restricted-access data available to the Data Editor privately.

Hiring and Training Setup

Detailed instructions on everything related to the hiring and training of RAs. Additionally, the “Training” folder includes the template csv files and mapping file for bulk importing training cases.

Exit Process

Checklist for exiting RAs from the Lab.

Data Editor Email Inbox

Certain emails that the dataeditor@aeapubs.org account recieves require action, such as the Lineup emails.

Your Email Inbox

Certain emails that your Cornell email account recieves require action.

P & P Setup

Contains step-by-step instructions on the setup needed for PandP. A note to Ilanith - I’ve done this for 2025, with the exception of granting RAs access and updating the manual chapter to include the PandP 2025 links.

Email Templates

Email templates for when an author needs a reminder to submit their openICPSR package, when they answered “Yes” to a submission question, when they haven’t made revisions, and when we’re requesting restricted access data.

Writing a Short Report

When there’s no README in the deposit, write a short report for the authors.

External Reproducibility Check

Instructions on requesting reproducibility checks from a third-party, and how to integrate their report.

Contact Form Submissions

The unassigned Jira tickets that are titled "Contact form submission (researcher@university.edu, FirstName LastName)"

Unpublication of Cases

This page outlines the procedure for handling when a deposit in the openICPSR AEA Repository infringes on terms of use or contains inapproriate PII. Example: PSID Conditions of Use.

Miscellaneous Programming Tips

Miscellaneous programming tips. Super helpful is the sed command.