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Economic Growth and Productivity

Economic Growth and Productivity is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the relationship between institutions, technology diffusion, human capital, and economic growth. It investigates the impact of factors such as educational attainment, R&D, demographic transition, and regional convergence on productivity growth and economic development. The empirical investigations and theories presented in these papers provide insights into the determinants of long-term economic growth.

  • Institutions
  • Economic Development
  • Technology Diffusion
  • Human Capital
  • Productivity Growth
  • Educational Attainment
  • R&D
  • Demographic Transition
  • Growth Models
  • Regional Convergence
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Economic Growth and Productivity

Which countries lead Economic Growth and Productivity research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (804 and 736 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 804 works
  2. 2 United States 736 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 273 works
  4. 4 India 273 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 217 works
  6. 6 Russia 211 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 179 works
  8. 8 Italy 172 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 161 works
  10. 10 Japan 154 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 25.3%United States: 23.2%Türkiye: 8.6%India: 8.6%6 others listed: 34.4%25%largest
China804 · 25.3%United States736 · 23.2%Türkiye273 · 8.6%India273 · 8.6%6 others listed1,094 · 34.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Economic Growth and Productivity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Economic Growth and Productivity research, followed by University of Johannesburg and Peking University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 44 works
  2. 2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 26 works
  3. 3 Peking UniversityChina 26 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 26 works
  5. 5 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 21 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina 20 works
  7. 7 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 19 works
  8. 8 International Monetary FundUnited States 19 works
  9. 9 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States 18 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Economic Growth and Productivity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Economic Growth and Productivity include Christopher J L Murray, Andrei Shleifer and Harry Eugene Stanley.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Andrei Shleifer United States 234k citations
  3. 3 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  4. 4 John G.F. Cleland United Kingdom 198k citations
  5. 5 Christopher D. Manning United States 179k citations
  6. 6 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Economic Growth and Productivity?

The most cited paper in Economic Growth and Productivity is "A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth" (Robert M. Solow, 1956), with 24,386 citations. Next come "Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis" (16,797) and "Job Market Signaling" (16,197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth Robert M. Solow · The Quarterly Journal of Economics Feb 1956 24,386
2 Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis Rajiv D. Banker, A. Charnes, William White Cooper · Management Science Sep 1984 16,797
3 Job Market Signaling Michael J. Spence · The Quarterly Journal of Economics Aug 1973 16,197
4 A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth N. Gregory Mankiw, Daniel Römer, David Nathan Weil · The Quarterly Journal of Economics May 1992 15,301
5 Unit root tests in panel data: asymptotic and finite-sample properties Andrew Levin, Chien‐Fu Lin, Chia-Shang James Chu · Journal of Econometrics May 2002 12,910
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Where is Economic Growth and Productivity research done?

The largest centres of Economic Growth and Productivity research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Washington D.C. (United States) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 173 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 116 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 93 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 78 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 61 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 57 works
  7. 7 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 55 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 52 works
  9. 9 HanoiVietnam 50 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 48 works
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Where is the best place to study Economic Growth and Productivity?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, Université de Dschang and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.52%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing University o…Université de DschangUniversity of Johann…Peking University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 90.424.6%8.4×26 +39.2%
2Université de DschangCameroon 82.627.6%30.9×16 +232.1%
3Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 81.131.2%28.2×18 +602.1%
4Peking UniversityChina 70.113.2%2.5×26 +59.2%
5Stanford UniversityUnited States 62.415.9%1.7×13 +49.8%
6London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 61.221.5%10.7×13 -37.0%
7University of SfaxTunisia 59.022.3%8.4×10 +113.0%
8University of International Business and EconomicsChina 55.218.3%21.3×10 +52.7%
9Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan 55.220.6%15.9×9 +312.7%
10University of NigeriaNigeria 54.430.0%8.4×11 -19.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Economic Growth and Productivity, country by country

Is Economic Growth and Productivity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Economic Growth and Productivity.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Economic Growth and Productivity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Economic Growth and Productivity0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Economic Growth and Productivity over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Economic Growth and Productivity10.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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