Jhr Contribution Framing

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name: jhr-contribution-framing
description: Use when sharpening the Journal of Human Resources contribution claim around applied microeconomics, credible evidence, public-policy relevance, and reconciliation with prior estimates.
---

# Contribution Framing (jhr-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- The paper has credible estimates but the JHR contribution is not obvious
- The policy lesson is buried
- The manuscript does not explain how it reconciles with prior work

## Contribution formula

```text
We study [policy-relevant empirical-micro question] using [data/design]. Relative
to [closest prior work], we [new variation/data/population/reconciliation] and
show [result with magnitude]. The findings matter for [policy or human-resource
outcome in the economics sense] because [mechanism].
```

## Must include

- Field: labor, education, health, development, discrimination, retirement, or
  adjacent empirical micro.
- Credible design or disciplined descriptive contribution.
- Magnitude and policy relevance.
- Relationship to prior estimates.
- Boundary conditions: population, time, institution, and external validity.

## Output format

```text
[One-sentence contribution] ...
[Policy relevance] ...
[Prior-work reconciliation] ...
[Magnitude] ...
[Boundary] ...
[Next step] jhr-tables-figures
```