To write a successful literature review, you need to dedicate a significant amount of time to search for research articles AND in writing a concise survey of the literature related to your topic.In order for you to conduct quality economic research, you must have a sense of where your topic and research question fit into the larger literature on the topic. This is really the first step you will take in completing any research project.There are two sources of information on a topic: popular and scholarly. Only the latter is considered part of the literature review. It is acceptable to cite popular work, but you must have at least FIVE economics research articles (by different authors) included in your literature review.
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Steps you can take to complete an effective search of the literature:
Start with secondary sources in the general topic area. A good starting point would be the New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics and the Encyclopedia of Economics. These very general references cite the seminal research articles on a specific topic.
Search for survey articles on the topic. These are found in journals like the Journal of Economic Perspectives and the Journal of Economic Literature. This will help you to get familiar with how different research articles are related to one another, as well as highlight general themes in the literature on your subject.
Move to primary sources specific topic. This is the general search on your topic. You should make use of EconLit. You can use the other search engines, but most of the work from EconLit will be appropriate (e.g., published economics research).
Use a combination of keyword searching and browsing from the references of useful sources you’ve located. Often you’ll find a good reference listed in the citations for an article you’ve already found.
Here are the research articles I am using. (You can add more articles related to my research question)
– Davies, N. M., Dickson, M., Smith, G. D., Van Den Berg, G. J., & Windmeijer, F. (2018). The
causal effects of education on health outcomes in the UK Biobank. Nature human behaviour
– Dursun, B., Cesur, R., & Mocan, N. (2018). The impact of education on health outcomes and
behaviors in a middle-income, low-education country. Economics & Human Biology
– Ferguson, L. A., & Pawlak, R. (2011). Health literacy: the road to improved health
outcomes. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
– https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880718/
– https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691207/
– https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751581/
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