Individual skill
jole-review-process
Use to understand how the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) actually reviews a paper — single-blind refereeing, the non-refundable submission fee, Editorial Manager, the SOLE society tie, and what labor referees expect. Explains the process; it does not draft the manuscript.
Journal-of-Labor-Economics-Skills/skills/jole-review-process/SKILL.md
Source commit 932eb23331721b16e967c59f093781be1928b498
What was checked
- Matches the observed repository HEAD
- Yes
- Scanner rules are current
- Yes
- Repository scan complete
- No
- Skill scan complete
- No
- Observed behavior
- Network or broad shell
- Last checked
- Nov 9, 2026
These are observations at the recorded commit, not a guarantee of safety. Review the source before running it.
Install this skill
Choose an agent in your Stack or copy a command below. Commands fetch the pinned commit and copy only this skill directory. Existing destinations are refused. Copying a command does not install anything.
An install command is unavailable: current rules, complete repository and skill scans, an eligible behavior level and a permitted license are required.
Repository context
- Repository stars (not skill ratings)
- 1,404
- Repository last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
- License
- MIT
Observed agent integration: No specific integration evidence. Standard SKILL.md installation does not imply verified compatibility.
- academic-writing Repository topic
- agent-skills Repository topic
- journal Repository topic
- academic-research Repository topic
- ai-agents Repository topic
- anthropic Repository topic
- awesome-list Repository topic
- claude Repository topic
- claude-code Repository topic
- economics Repository topic
- operations Derived category
- writing Derived category
- research Derived category
Files and excerpt
File metadata and permitted, redacted excerpts come from the recorded scan. Source links are pinned to that commit.
Read excerpt
# Review Process (jole-review-process)
## When to trigger
- You are unsure whether JOLE is double-blind (it is not) and how that changes the submission
- You need to budget for the submission fee and understand when the decision is released
- You want to know what labor-economics referees and editors look for before you submit
- You are calibrating expectations for an R&R versus a reject
## How JOLE review works
- **Single-blind (single-anonymized).** Referees are anonymous, but they **know the authors' identities**. Because of this the manuscript is **not** anonymized: it begins with a title page naming all co-authors, their institutions, and emails, and references are **not** blinded. Do not strip identifying material — that is correct for double-blind journals but wrong here.
- **Submission via Editorial Manager** (`editorialmanager.com/jole`), with a cover letter. JOLE is the official journal of the **Society of Labor Economists (SOLE)** and is published by the **University of Chicago Press**.
- **Non-refundable submission fee (since July 1, 2018): $100 for SOLE members, $175 for non-members.** It is charged **even if the paper is desk-rejected**, and the **decision is not released until the fee is paid** — so the fee gates your result, not just your submission. SOLE membership is the cheaper path.