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James J. Heckman

James J. Heckman publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Education, on topics such as Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies.

World rank
#541
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#232
of 358,040
Works
175
Citations
3.3k
Citations per work
18.8

What does James J. Heckman research?

Economics and Econometrics: 28.8%Sociology and Political Science: 11.3%Education: 11.3%Gender Studies: 7.9%other fields: 40.7%29%top field
Economics and Econometrics28.8%Sociology and Political Science11.3%Education11.3%Gender Studies7.9%other fields40.7%

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

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics29% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  3. 3Education11% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies8% of their works
  5. 5Statistics and Probability5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James J. Heckman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Education, Income Tax, Labor Market, Technological Change, Gender Inequality, Labor Force Participation, Economic Growth and Intergenerational Mobility.

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. Education272 topics
  2. Income Tax192 topics
  3. Labor Market171 topic
  4. Technological Change171 topic
  5. Gender Inequality141 topic
  6. Labor Force Participation141 topic
  7. Economic Growth112 topics
  8. Intergenerational Mobility101 topic
  9. Social Stratification101 topic
  10. Causal Inference71 topic
  11. Propensity Score71 topic
  12. School Engagement71 topic
  13. Student-Teacher Relationships71 topic
  14. Asset Pricing61 topic
  15. Monetary Equilibrium61 topic
  16. Training Pathways61 topic
  17. Vocational Education61 topic
  18. Infrastructure51 topic
  19. Taxation51 topic

Where does James J. Heckman work?

James J. Heckman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Chicago, United States.

How many publications and citations does James J. Heckman have?

Science Explorer counts 175 works and 3,290 citations for James J. Heckman, ranking #541 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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