General Economics and Teaching
The guide provides JEL Code application guidelines, keywords, and examples of items within each classification.
The "JEL" classification system originated with the Journal of Economic Literature and is a standard method of classifying scholarly literature in the field of economics. It is used in many of the AEA's published research materials.
Use the guide to gain insight on how JEL Codes are used to classify articles, dissertations, books, book reviews, and working papers. You will also find it is helpful when adding classification codes to your own work.
General Economics and Teaching
| A10. | General | |
| A11. | Role of Economics • Role of Economists • Market for Economists | |
| A12. | Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines | |
| A13. | Relation of Economics to Social Values | |
| A14. | Sociology of Economics | |
| A19. | Other |
| A20 | General | |
| A21 | Pre-college | |
| A22 | Undergraduate | |
| A23 | Graduate | |
| A29 | Other |
| A30 | General | |
| A31 | Collected Writings of Individuals | |
| A32 | Collective Volumes | |
| A33 | Handbooks | |
| A39 | Other |
History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
General
| B10 | General | |
| B11 | Preclassical (Ancient, Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocratic) | |
| B12 | Classical (includes Adam Smith) | |
| B13 | Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian) | |
| B14 | Socialist • Marxist | |
| B15 | Historical • Institutional • Evolutionary | |
| B16 | Quantitative and Mathematical | |
| B17 | International Trade and Finance | |
| B19 | Other |
| B20 | General | |
| B21 | Microeconomics | |
| B22 | Macroeconomics | |
| B23 | Econometrics • Quantitative and Mathematical Studies | |
| B24 | Socialist • Marxist • Sraffian | |
| B25 | Historical • Institutional • Evolutionary • Austrian • Stockholm School | |
| B26 | Financial Economics | |
| B27 | International Trade and Finance | |
| B29 | Other |
| B30 | General | |
| B31 | Individuals | |
| B32 | Obituaries |
| B40 | General | |
| B41 | Economic Methodology | |
| B49 | Other |
| B50 | General | |
| B51 | Socialist • Marxian • Sraffian | |
| B52 | Historical • Institutional • Evolutionary • Modern Monetary Theory | |
| B53 | Austrian | |
| B54 | Feminist Economics | |
| B55 | Social Economics | |
| B59 | Other |