Which comes first, the Nobel prize or the citations in sociology journals?
Neal Caren produced a list of the 52 works most cited in sociology journals in 2013, which included two Nobel prize winning economists:
- Heckman, James J. “Sample selection bias as a specification error.” Econometrica: Journal of the econometric society (1979): 153-161.
- Gary S. Becker. A Treatise on the Family. Harvard university press, 1981.
I assume those Heckman citations are the result of sadistic journal reviewers or dissertation committee members impressive their colleagues by requiring people to add selection corrections to their regressions.
The Becker citations were applauded by economists. I assumed they were usually cursory mentions in the literature review, representing neoclassical economics in the study of families. And that is basically right. In the 10 most recent citations to Treatise in top-three sociology journals, the book is always mentioned only once. See for yourself. Here are the…
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