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Use when you need to understand and plan around the Journal of Human Resources (JHR) editorial process — single-anonymous review, the fast desk-reject without outside review, the reconciliation requirement, and the optional review-recycling shortcut. Sets expectations; it does not draft the paper.

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# Editorial Process (jhr-review-process)

## When to trigger

- Setting expectations on timelines and decision types at JHR
- Deciding whether to attach a prior journal's reports to speed review
- Understanding why a paper might be desk-rejected without referees
- Wanting to pre-empt the reconciliation / sensitivity demands referees apply

## How JHR review works (verified 2026-06-01)

- **Single-anonymous (single-blind):** "Referees are anonymous, but author names are not kept from reviewers." The process is run by the **Editor (Anna Aizer, Brown; Michael Lovenheim, Cornell, from 2026-07-01)**, coeditors, and associate editors, with volunteer expert reviewers.
- **Fast desk-reject WITHOUT outside review.** Papers a handling editor/coeditor judges unlikely to survive review are **released quickly without being sent to referees**, at the editor's discretion. The **$175 fee does not guarantee outside review** and is **not refunded** for out-of-scope (management/personnel) papers — so the desk screen is the first real hurdle.
- **Reconciliation requirement (distinctive):** manuscripts are judged partly on whether they **reconcile their results with prior published work** on the same topic. Authors **may be required to run comparative estimation** (re-estimate under the prior literature's spec/sample) and **present sensitivity tests**. Build this in before submitting, not after a referee demands it.
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