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jole-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether a research question fits the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) — a general-interest labor-economics quarterly — and how to frame it so it matters to labor economists broadly, not just one niche. Tests fit; it does not run the analysis.

When to use

• deciding if a research question fits JOLE
• framing a question for labor economists broadly
• choosing among angles on the same dataset
• deciding between JOLE and non-labor journals
• testing if a question is labor-first
• assessing general-interest within labor
• sharpening the research question
• sanity-checking against JOLE word economy

When not to use

• running the analysis
• labor-adjacent papers without a core labor question
• narrow program evaluations with no broader lesson
• empirical questions with unavailable data

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