Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 28.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the intersection of gender inequality, labor force dynamics, welfare reform, and household decision making. It delves into topics such as the impact of income tax policies on female labor supply, the effects of welfare reform on work incentives, and the role of gender in shaping economic development and intrahousehold resource allocation.
- Gender Inequality
- Labor Force Participation
- Welfare Reform
- Income Tax
- Household Decision Making
- Economic Development
- Female Labor Supply
- Intrahousehold Allocation
- Social Policy
- Work and Family
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.4k and 290 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 United Kingdom 290 works
- 3 India 267 works
- 4 Germany 227 works
- 5 Indonesia 218 works
- 6 China 195 works
- 7 Italy 138 works
- 8 Australia 134 works
- 9 Türkiye 122 works
- 10 Spain 120 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.
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Which institutions lead Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics publishes the most Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and University of Michigan.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsGermany 31 works
- 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 30 works
- 3 University of MichiganUnited States 29 works
- 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 27 works
- 5 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States 25 works
- 6 University of ChicagoUnited States 23 works
- 7 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 22 works
- 8 Australian National UniversityAustralia 21 works
- 9 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics include Robert J. Barro, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Richard Blundell.
- 1 Robert J. Barro United States 7.9k citations
- 2 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
- 3 Richard Blundell United Kingdom 5.2k citations
- 4 Gary S. Becker United States 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research done?
The largest centres of Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bonn and Washington D.C..
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BonnDE · 40.3 works12×
- Washington D.C.US · 112.9 works6.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics?
Among universities, judged by research, Bocconi University, London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Wisconsin–Madison 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bocconi UniversityItaly | 65.0 | 51.2% | 24.7× | 10 | +3.1% |
| 2 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom | 59.9 | 30.0% | 18.5× | 20 | +0.6% |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States | 53.7 | 37.6% | 5.1× | 22 | +50.9% |
| 4 | Australian National UniversityAustralia | 52.4 | 20.5% | 9.3× | 21 | +6.4% |
| 5 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 47.6 | 11.5% | 5.9× | 30 | +125.8% |
| 6 | National University of SingaporeSingapore | 47.5 | 51.2% | 2.0× | 9 | +86.4% |
| 7 | University of MichiganUnited States | 44.5 | 24.5% | 4.7× | 29 | -10.0% |
| 8 | University of California, BerkeleyUnited States | 43.6 | 33.7% | 4.1× | 16 | +35.5% |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 42.6 | 14.6% | 3.4× | 27 | +170.1% |
| 10 | University of EssexUnited Kingdom | 42.6 | 18.1% | 12.6× | 9 | +25.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics.
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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.