JEL classification system

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The JEL classification system is a standardized coding scheme used in economics to categorize academic literature and research topics by subject area.

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instanceOf bibliographic classification system
subject classification scheme
alsoKnownAs JEL codes
Journal of Economic Literature classification system
appliesTo books in economics
conference papers in economics
working papers in economics
associatedWith Journal of Economic Literature
basedOn subject categories
field economics
hasAbbreviation JEL
hasCodeExample A10
E31
J24
hasSecondLevelCodeFormat capital letter followed by two digits
hasStructure alphanumeric code hierarchy
hasTopLevelCodeFormat single capital letter
hasVersion periodically updated classification scheme
maintainedBy American Economic Association
purpose facilitate literature search in economics
standardize subject descriptors in economics research
support indexing and cataloging in economics databases
topLevelCategory A – General Economics and Teaching
B – History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
C – Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
D – Microeconomics
E – Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
F – International Economics
G – Financial Economics
H – Public Economics
I – Health, Education, and Welfare
J – Labor and Demographic Economics
K – Law and Economics
L – Industrial Organization
M – Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting
N – Economic History
O – Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
P – Economic Systems
Q – Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
R – Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
Y – Miscellaneous Categories
Z – Other Special Topics
usedBy academic journals in economics
economists
research databases in economics
usedFor categorizing economics literature
indexing academic journal articles in economics
organizing research topics by subject area in economics
webResource https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php

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JEL isRelatedTo JEL classification system
JEL classification system alsoKnownAs JEL codes
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JEL classification system alsoKnownAs Journal of Economic Literature classification system
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JEL classification system hasAbbreviation JEL
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