From aej-economic-policy-skills
Translates causal estimates into clear, calibrated policy takeaways for AEJ: Economic Policy manuscripts, focusing on abstract and introduction prose.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/aej-economic-policy-skills:aejpol-writing-styleThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The intro buries the policy question under data or method
Late-stage polish: do not rewrite the intro until identification (
aejpol-identification), the welfare bridge (aejpol-theory-model), and robustness (aejpol-robustness) have settled.
Policy question → why credible identification is hard → the design that delivers it → headline causal estimate (with SE/CI) → welfare / cost-benefit / distributional reading → concrete, calibrated policy lesson → brief roadmap.
The distinctive moves vs. a general applied-micro intro:
aejpol-tables-figures); active voice; abstract that states question, design, headline estimate, and policy lesson. Online appendix carries the long material; the main text stays self-contained and readable. Review is single-blind, so the front matter names the authors — no need to anonymize the prose.Before: "Using administrative data and a difference-in-differences design, we estimate the effect of the reform on enrollment; the coefficient is 0.06 (s.e. 0.01)." After (AEJ: Policy): "Does auto-enrollment raise retirement-plan participation enough to justify its administrative cost? Exploiting the staggered rollout across employers, we find auto-enrollment raises participation by 6 percentage points (90% CI [4, 8]). At the program's per-worker cost this implies roughly $X per additional participant — cost-effective relative to a matching subsidy for this low-saver population, though the gain is concentrated among workers who would not have opted in (illustrative)." Question first, estimate with CI, policy lesson, calibrated scope.
【Opening policy question】one sentence
【Headline estimate】value + SE/CI in policy units, stated early
【Policy takeaway】cost-benefit / MVPF / incidence sentence
【Calibration】population + horizon + assumptions named
【Overclaim check】claim ≤ what design+framework support? [Y/N]
【Next step】aejpol-replication-package or aejpol-referee-strategy
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin aej-economic-policy-skillsRevises AEJ: Applied economics manuscripts to AEA house style: places the design and headline causal estimate with uncertainty in the first paragraph, polishes abstract and introduction.
Positions a manuscript's contribution against the policy-evaluation literature for AEJ: Economic Policy. Sharpens the policy answer and stakes the welfare or cost-benefit reading.
Rewrites Economic Policy manuscripts for a dual audience: accessible main text for policymakers, rigorous appendix for economists. Focuses on non-technical prose, clear policy questions, and headline numbers.