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Researcher · University of Chicago · United States

James J. Heckman

James J. Heckman publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Education and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Labor market dynamics and wage inequality and Early Childhood Education and Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-0399-662X OpenAlex
World rank
#916
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#395
of 1,627,098
Works
837
Citations
122k
Citations per work
145.8
h-index
156
i10-index 476Top 0.1% in Economics and Econometrics
James J. Heckman

What does James J. Heckman research?

James J. Heckman's work is mostly in Social Sciences (33%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (26%), Mathematics (10%).

Social Sciences: 498 works · 59.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 279 works · 33.3% of their workEducation: 110 works · 13.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 85 works · 10.2% of their workGender Studies: 44 works · 5.2% of their workSafety Research: 40 works · 4.8% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 219 works · 26.2% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 219 works · 26.2% of their workEverything else: 259 works · 30.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 80 works · 9.6% of their workMathematics: 80 works · 9.6% of their workStatistics and Probability: 80 works · 9.6% of their workTHEIR WORKJames J. Heckman837works
Physical Sciences10%Social Sciences60%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences27933.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21926.2%
  2. Everything else25930.9%
    1. Mathematics809.6%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics26% of their works
  2. 2Education13% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Statistics and Probability10% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies5% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James J. Heckman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Education, Academic Achievement, Income Tax, Economic Growth, Causal Inference, Propensity Score, Labor Market and Technological Change.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Education1902 topics
  2. Academic Achievement1732 topics
  3. Income Tax1602 topics
  4. Economic Growth1232 topics
  5. Causal Inference1201 topic
  6. Propensity Score1201 topic
  7. Labor Market1121 topic
  8. Technological Change1121 topic
  9. School Engagement1021 topic
  10. Student-Teacher Relationships1021 topic
  11. Gender Inequality991 topic
  12. Labor Force Participation991 topic
  13. Intergenerational Mobility781 topic
  14. Social Stratification781 topic
  15. Socioeconomic Status711 topic
  16. Student Achievement711 topic
  17. Asset Pricing621 topic
  18. Monetary Equilibrium621 topic
  19. Infrastructure611 topic
  20. Taxation611 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?

OpenAlex counts 837 works and 122,071 citations for James J. Heckman, an h-index of 156, ranking #916 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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