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David Autor

David Autor publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, on topics such as Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Global trade and economics and Employment and Welfare Studies.

World rank
#2,293
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,042
of 358,040
Works
73
Citations
3k
Citations per work
41.5

What does David Autor research?

Economics and Econometrics: 43.2%Sociology and Political Science: 13.6%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.2%Demography: 6.8%other fields: 26.2%43%top field
Economics and Econometrics43.2%Sociology and Political Science13.6%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%Demography6.8%other fields26.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics43% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3General Economics, Econometrics and Finance10% of their works
  4. 4Demography7% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions6% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Autor's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Labor Market, Unemployment, Economic Development, Technological Change, Wage Inequality, International Trade, Productivity and Mental Health.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Labor Market202 topics
  2. Unemployment202 topics
  3. Economic Development153 topics
  4. Technological Change151 topic
  5. Wage Inequality151 topic
  6. International Trade81 topic
  7. Productivity81 topic
  8. Mental Health51 topic
  9. Precarious Employment51 topic
  10. Institutions41 topic
  11. Technology Diffusion41 topic
  12. Agglomeration Economies31 topic
  13. Aging Workforce31 topic
  14. Digital Labor Platforms31 topic
  15. Gig Economy31 topic
  16. Regional Employment31 topic
  17. Retirement31 topic
  18. Spatial Shift-Share Analysis31 topic
  19. Urbanization31 topic

Where does David Autor work?

David Autor's main affiliation in the publication record is National Bureau of Economic Research, United States.

How many publications and citations does David Autor have?

Science Explorer counts 73 works and 3,030 citations for David Autor, ranking #2,293 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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