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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| JEL | 1 |
| JEL classification system canonical | 1 |
| JEL codes | 1 |
| Journal of Economic Literature classification system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12881650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: JEL classification system Context triple: [JEL, isRelatedTo, JEL classification system]
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A.
JEL
JEL is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes comprehensive surveys and reviews across all fields of economics.
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B.
EconLit
EconLit is a comprehensive bibliographic database produced by the American Economic Association that indexes scholarly literature in economics and related fields.
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C.
Journal of Economic Literature
The Journal of Economic Literature is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that surveys and synthesizes research across all fields of economics, providing authoritative reviews and bibliographic overviews for scholars and practitioners.
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D.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is a comprehensive, scholarly reference work that provides in-depth articles on economic theory, history, and methodology written by leading economists.
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E.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on empirical microeconomic research and real-world policy applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: JEL classification system Target entity description: 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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A.
JEL
JEL is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes comprehensive surveys and reviews across all fields of economics.
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B.
EconLit
EconLit is a comprehensive bibliographic database produced by the American Economic Association that indexes scholarly literature in economics and related fields.
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C.
Journal of Economic Literature
The Journal of Economic Literature is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that surveys and synthesizes research across all fields of economics, providing authoritative reviews and bibliographic overviews for scholars and practitioners.
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D.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is a comprehensive, scholarly reference work that provides in-depth articles on economic theory, history, and methodology written by leading economists.
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E.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on empirical microeconomic research and real-world policy applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic classification system
ⓘ
subject classification scheme ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
JEL codes
ⓘ
linked to:
JEL classification system
Journal of Economic Literature classification system ⓘ
linked to:
JEL 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
ⓘ
linked to:
JEL classification system
|
| 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
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: JEL classification system Description of subject: The JEL classification system is a standardized coding scheme used in economics to categorize academic literature and research topics by subject area.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: JEL classification system
linked to: JEL classification system
linked to: JEL classification system