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Researcher · Motu Economic and Public Policy Research · New Zealand

Wilbur Townsend

Wilbur Townsend publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Management Science and Operations Research, on topics such as Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Social Capital and Networks and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies.

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World rank
#1,917,018
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#7,390
of 21,128
Works
32
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
36.7
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 31% in Economics and Econometrics
Wilbur Townsend

What does Wilbur Townsend research?

Wilbur Townsend's work is mostly in Social Sciences (38%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (25%), Decision Sciences (8%).

Social Sciences: 23 works · 71.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 38.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 23.8% of their workDemography: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEducation: 2 works · 4.8% of their workGender Studies: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 works · 25.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 works · 25.4% of their workDecision Sciences: 3 works · 7.9% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 works · 7.9% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 28.5% of their workTHEIR WORKWilbur Townsend32works
Social Sciences72%

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 Sciences1238.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance825.4%
    3. Decision Sciences37.9%
  2. Everything else928.5%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics25% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science24% of their works
  3. 3Management Science and Operations Research8% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies5% of their works
  5. 5Education5% of their works
  6. 6Demography5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilbur Townsend's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Development, Labor Market, Unemployment, Labor Force Participation, Social Capital, Technological Change, Trust and Wage Inequality.

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. Economic Development92 topics
  2. Labor Market92 topics
  3. Unemployment92 topics
  4. Labor Force Participation62 topics
  5. Social Capital61 topic
  6. Technological Change61 topic
  7. Trust61 topic
  8. Wage Inequality61 topic
  9. Neighborhood Effects41 topic
  10. Residential Segregation41 topic
  11. Aging Workforce31 topic
  12. Asset Pricing31 topic
  13. Economy31 topic
  14. Gender Inequality31 topic
  15. Mental Health31 topic
  16. Monetary Equilibrium31 topic
  17. New Zealand31 topic
  18. Precarious Employment31 topic
  19. Retirement31 topic
  20. Welfare Reform31 topic

Where does Wilbur Townsend work?

Wilbur Townsend's main affiliation in the publication record is Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Wilbur Townsend have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 1,174 citations for Wilbur Townsend, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,917,018 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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