Journal Of Development Economics Skills

Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) — the leading field journal in development economics, published by Elsevier, submitted via Editorial Manager under single-anonymized review, with no submission fee, a mandatory data/code replication policy hosted on Mendeley Data, a permanent pre-results review (Registered Reports) track run with BITSS, an AER

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

Install

npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/journal-of-development-economics-skills

One command, no setup. In Claude Code it lands as a managed plugin you can enable, disable or remove with /plugin. On any other agent it installs the 12 skills into that agent's own folder.

Or inside Claude Code

In the Plugins tab, add this marketplace:

skillmds/skillmd
/plugin install brycewang-stanford-journal-of-development-economics-skills@skillmd

Adds the marketplace once; later plugins need the second line only.

Or install by hand

Download the plugin and unzip its skills/ folder into your agent's skills directory. Works with every agent, no CLI needed.

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Just the markdown? SKILL.md files only.

This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

Published by a registry member. Review its skills before installing.

Skills in this plugin

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Jde Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when responding to a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) decision — drafting the response letter and revision plan for a single-anonymized R&R, including the short-paper track's limited-revision structure. Strategy for the response; it does not rewrite the manuscript.

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Jde Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding which jde-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

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Jde Submission · brycewang-stanford
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) via Editorial Manager — route selection, single-anonymized review, USD 50 submission fee, replication readiness, language consistency, and route-specific length caps. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Jde Data Analysis · brycewang-stanford
Use when estimation, heterogeneity, attrition, measurement, or inference choices need to meet Journal of Development Economics (JDE) empirical norms — clustered field data, survey measurement error, and treatment-effect heterogeneity in low- and middle-income settings. Covers the analysis itself, not the identifying design.

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Jde Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when polishing prose for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript so the development question, answer, and policy stakes land for a field audience. A late-stage polish; do not rewrite the intro before identification and framing are settled.

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Jde Review Process · brycewang-stanford
Use when choosing a submission route or understanding how peer review works at the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) — the full-length, AER-Insights-style short-paper, and pre-results review (Registered Reports) tracks, single-anonymized review, timelines, and the submission cap. Explains the pipeline; it is not the final preflight.

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Jde Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when designing the main exhibits for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript — figure-forward presentation of treatment effects, heterogeneity, and event studies for development settings, with self-contained notes. Shapes exhibits; it does not run the estimation.

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Jde Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when judging whether a research question fits the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) — a first-order question about low- and middle-income economies and the process of economic development. Tests topic fit before identification or drafting begins.

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Jde Contribution Framing · brycewang-stanford
Use when sharpening the development-economics takeaway of a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript — the explicit "what this teaches about development" claim that an editor and referees can restate in one sentence. Frames the contribution; it is not a writing-polish pass.

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Jde Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when staking a manuscript's contribution against the development-economics literature for the Journal of Development Economics (JDE). Positions the paper at the frontier; it does not write a standalone survey.

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Jde Identification Strategy · brycewang-stanford
Use when the causal identification strategy is the bottleneck for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript — RCT/field experiment, DID, IV, RDD in low- and middle-income settings. Stress-tests the design against development-economics empirical norms before tables are drafted.

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Jde Replication And Data Policy · brycewang-stanford
Use when assembling the data and code deposit for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) submission or accepted paper — JDE's mandatory replication policy, Mendeley Data hosting, and the fact that data/code can be requested at the review stage. Builds the package; it does not run the analysis.

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