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Most cited papers from World Bank Group
What are the most cited papers from World Bank Group?
The most cited paper from World Bank Group is "Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course" (Maureen M. Black, Susan P. Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald et al., 2016), with 3,075 citations. Next come "Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data-or Tears: An Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India" (3,025) and "Determinants of Commercial Bank Interest Margins and Profitability: Some International Evidence" (1,884).
Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 577 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course Maureen M. Black, Susan P. Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald et al. · The Lancet | 8 Oct 2016 | 3,075 |
| 2 | Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data-or Tears: An Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett · Demography | Feb 2001 | 3,025 |
| 3 | Determinants of Commercial Bank Interest Margins and Profitability: Some International Evidence Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Harry Huizinga · The World Bank Economic Review | May 1999 | 1,884 |
| 4 | Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve Susmita Dasgupta, Benoı̂t Laplante, Hua Wang et al. · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 2002 | 1,778 |
| 5 | A New Database on the Structure and Development of the Financial Sector Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Ross Eric Levine · The World Bank Economic Review | Sep 2000 | 1,759 |
| 6 | How does foreign entry affect domestic banking markets? Stijn Claessens, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Harry Huizinga · Journal of Banking & Finance | May 2001 | 1,673 |
| 7 | Islamic vs. conventional banks: Business models, efficiency and stability Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Ouarda Merrouche · Research portal (Tilburg University) | 2013 | 1,519 |
| 8 | Testing for Cross-Sectional Dependence in Panel-Data Models Rafael E. De Hoyos, Vasilis Sarafidis · The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata | Nov 2006 | 1,380 |
| 9 | Decentralization and corruption: evidence across countries Raymond J. Fisman, Roberta V. Gatti · Journal of Public Economics | Mar 2002 | 1,337 |
| 10 | Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael R. Kremer et al. · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 2006 | 1,273 |
| 11 | Governance Matters VII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2007 Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, Massimo Mastruzzi · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2008 | 1,272 |
| 12 | Microfinance and Poverty: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh Shahidur R. Khandker · The World Bank Economic Review | 31 Aug 2005 | 1,266 |
| 13 | Divergence, Big Time Lant H. Pritchett · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Aug 1997 | 1,188 |
| 14 | China's (uneven) progress against poverty Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen · Journal of Development Economics | 27 Sep 2005 | 1,175 |
| 15 | Economic Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility Markus Kitzmueller, Jay P. Shimshack · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2012 | 1,139 |
| 16 | Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda R. Reinikka, Jakob Svensson · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 2004 | 1,082 |
| 17 | The Developing World is Poorer than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty Shaohua Chen, Martin Ravallion · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 2010 | 1,078 |
| 18 | Progress on catastrophic health spending in 133 countries: a retrospective observational study Adam Wagstaff, Gabriela Flores, Justine Hsu et al. · The Lancet Global Health | 13 Dec 2017 | 1,042 |
| 19 | Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders Cristian Pop-Eleches, Harsha Thirumurthy, James Habyarimana et al. · AIDS | 20 Jan 2011 | 1,034 |
| 20 | Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries Patrice L. Engle, Lia C. H. Fernald, Harold Alderman et al. · The Lancet | 23 Sep 2011 | 1,024 |
| 21 | Institutions, ownership, and finance: the determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms Robert Cull, Lu Xu · Journal of Financial Economics | 13 Jun 2005 | 1,012 |
| 22 | Are women really the “fairer” sex? Corruption and women in government David Dollar, Raymond J. Fisman, Roberta V. Gatti · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | Dec 2001 | 990 |
| 23 | Why is Son preference so persistent in East and South Asia? a cross-country study of China, India and the Republic of Korea Mónica Das Gupta, Zhenghua Jiang, Bohua Li et al. · The Journal of Development Studies | Dec 2003 | 983 |
| 24 | Aggregating Governance Indicators Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, Pablo Zoido · SSRN Electronic Journal | 1999 | 967 |
| 25 | Behavioural and material determinants of production relations in agriculture Hans P. Binswanger, Mark Richard Rosenzweig · The Journal of Development Studies | Apr 1986 | 942 |
| 26 | Aid allocation and poverty reduction Paul Collier, David Dollar · European Economic Review | Sep 2002 | 934 |
| 27 | Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries Crick Lund, Mary De Silva, Sophie Plagerson et al. · The Lancet | Oct 2011 | 930 |
| 28 | Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, An Maria Omer Notenbaert et al. · Science | 11 Feb 2010 | 928 |
| 29 | Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico David John McKenzie, Hillel Rapoport · Journal of Development Economics | 30 Dec 2006 | 923 |
| 30 | The Return to Protectionism* Pablo Fajgelbaum, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Patrick Jack Kennedy et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 29 Oct 2019 | 918 |
| 31 | Prevention of violence against women and girls: what does the evidence say? Mary Ellsberg, Diana Jimena Arango, Matthew Morton et al. · The Lancet | 20 Nov 2014 | 887 |
| 32 | The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth: New Evidence for a Panel of Countries Stephan Klasen, Francesca Lamanna · Feminist Economics | Jul 2009 | 886 |
| 33 | Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in Emerging Markets Leora F. Klapper, Inessa Love · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2002 | 874 |
| 34 | Foreign aid and rent-seeking Jakob Svensson · Journal of International Economics | Aug 2000 | 873 |
| 35 | Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 Daniel Kaufmann · The World Bank Economic Review | 2 Jan 2004 | 864 |
| 36 | The Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Attainment: Evidence from 35 Countries Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett · Population and Development Review | Mar 1999 | 854 |
| 37 | Early childhood nutrition and academic achievement: a longitudinal analysis Paul W. Glewwe, Hanan G. Jacoby, Elizabeth M. King · Journal of Public Economics | Sep 2001 | 837 |
| 38 | Official Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market: Is It Effective and, If So, How Does It Work? Lucio Sarno, Mark P. Taylor · Journal of Economic Literature | Sep 2001 | 822 |
| 39 | Dimensions of women’s autonomy and the influence on maternal health care utilization in a North Indian city Shelah S. Bloom, David Wypij, Mónica Das Gupta · Demography | Feb 2001 | 797 |
| 40 | Not enough there, too many here: understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce Gilles Dussault, Maria Cristina Franceschini · Human Resources for Health | 27 May 2006 | 772 |
| 41 | Extending health insurance to the rural population: An impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme Adam Wagstaff, Magnus Lindelöw, Jun Gao et al. · Journal of Health Economics | 8 Nov 2008 | 771 |
| 42 | Trade credit and bank credit: Evidence from recent financial crises Inessa Love, Lorenzo A. Preve, Virginia Sarria‐Allende · Journal of Financial Economics | 19 Sep 2006 | 768 |
| 43 | Breast cancer early detection: A phased approach to implementation Ophira Ginsburg et al. · Cancer | 29 Apr 2020 | 755 |
| 44 | In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments Miriam Bruhn, David John McKenzie · American Economic Journal Applied Economics | Sep 2009 | 752 |
| 45 | Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions Nancy L. Harris, Sandra Brown, Stephen C. Hagen et al. · Science | 21 Jun 2012 | 752 |
| 46 | The impact of sea level rise on developing countries: a comparative analysis Susmita Dasgupta, Benoı̂t Laplante, Craig Meisner et al. · Climatic Change | 9 Oct 2008 | 736 |
| 47 | Public spending and outcomes: Does governance matter? Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Vinaya Swaroop · Journal of Development Economics | 28 Aug 2007 | 736 |
| 48 | The bounds of the concentration index when the variable of interest is binary, with an application to immunization inequality Adam Wagstaff · Health Economics | 20 Oct 2004 | 735 |
| 49 | Finance, Firm Size, and Growth Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Luc A. Laeven et al. · Journal of money credit and banking | 20 Sep 2008 | 692 |
| 50 | Market discipline and deposit insurance Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Harry Huizinga · Journal of Monetary Economics | 4 Feb 2004 | 683 |
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