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Richard A. Easterlin

Richard A. Easterlin publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Economic Growth and Productivity and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

World rank
#2,117
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#958
of 358,040
Works
76
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
28.5

What does Richard A. Easterlin research?

Economics and Econometrics: 20.6%Gender Studies: 15.9%Sociology and Political Science: 14.3%Social Psychology: 9.5%other fields: 39.7%21%top field
Economics and Econometrics20.6%Gender Studies15.9%Sociology and Political Science14.3%Social Psychology9.5%other fields39.7%

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

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics21% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies16% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology10% of their works
  5. 5Demography6% of their works
  6. 6Accounting5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard A. Easterlin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Development, Gender Inequality, Economic Growth, Income Inequality, Income Tax, Positive Psychology, Well-being and Institutions.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Development92 topics
  2. Gender Inequality82 topics
  3. Economic Growth72 topics
  4. Income Inequality72 topics
  5. Income Tax72 topics
  6. Positive Psychology61 topic
  7. Well-being61 topic
  8. Institutions51 topic
  9. Sex Ratios51 topic
  10. Son Preference51 topic
  11. Technology Diffusion51 topic
  12. Capability Approach41 topic
  13. Labor Force Participation41 topic
  14. Poverty Measurement41 topic
  15. Welfare Reform41 topic
  16. Financial Literacy31 topic
  17. Infrastructure31 topic
  18. Retirement Planning31 topic
  19. Taxation31 topic
  20. Small Area Estimation21 topic
  21. Spatial Microsimulation21 topic

Where does Richard A. Easterlin work?

Richard A. Easterlin's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Southern California, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard A. Easterlin have?

Science Explorer counts 76 works and 2,166 citations for Richard A. Easterlin, ranking #2,117 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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