We collect data on the careers of 189 authors who published aid effectiveness estimates during the 1970 to 2011 period, and apply meta-regression analysis to investigate the impact of authors' careers on the degree of selectivity in which results are reported. Among non-tenured researchers, publication selection bias and research inflation are increasing with age, on average. This bias is highest among older non-tenured researchers. In search for channels, we find suggestive evidence that a portion of the preferential reporting in favour of aid effectiveness is associated with non-tenured authors’ links with aid agencies.

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偏见和职业：来自援助有效性文献的证据

我们收集了 189 位在 1970 年至 2011 年期间发表援助有效性估计的作者的职业数据，并应用元回归分析来调查作者的职业对报告结果的选择性程度的影响。平均而言，在非终身研究人员中，出版物选择偏差和研究膨胀率随着年龄的增长而增加。这种偏见在年长的非终身研究人员中最高。在寻找渠道的过程中，我们发现了一些有利于援助有效性的优先报道与非终身作者与援助机构的联系有关的暗示性证据。