Topic · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Most cited papers in Income, Poverty, and Inequality
What are the most cited papers in Income, Poverty, and Inequality?
The most cited paper in Income, Poverty, and Inequality is "How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?" (M. Bertrand, Esther Duflo, Sendhil Mullainathan, 2004), with 10,904 citations. Next come "Corruption and Growth" (8,502) and "Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments" (7,490).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 1,095 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates? M. Bertrand, Esther Duflo, Sendhil Mullainathan · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 2004 | 10,904 |
| 2 | Corruption and Growth Paolo Mauro · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1995 | 8,502 |
| 3 | Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments Douglas O. Staiger, James H. Stock · Econometrica | May 1997 | 7,490 |
| 4 | Bayesian Model Selection in Social Research Adrian E. Raftery · Sociological Methodology | 1995 | 6,994 |
| 5 | On the measurement of inequality Anthony Barnes Atkinson · Journal of Economic Theory | Sep 1970 | 6,487 |
| 6 | The Log of Gravity João Santos Silva, Silvana Tenreyro · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Nov 2006 | 6,368 |
| 7 | The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson · American Economic Review | Oct 2012 | 6,126 |
| 8 | Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data—or tears: An application to educational enrollments in states of India Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett · Demography | Feb 2001 | 5,262 |
| 9 | Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment Naila Kabeer · Development and Change | Jul 1999 | 4,863 |
| 10 | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence Richard Ainley Easterlin · Elsevier eBooks | 1974 | 4,439 |
| 11 | A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010 Robert J. Barro, Jong‐Wha Lee · Journal of Development Economics | 16 Oct 2012 | 4,143 |
| 12 | Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998 Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 2003 | 3,853 |
| 13 | Constructing socio-economic status indices: how to use principal components analysis Seema Vyas, L. Kumaranayake · Health Policy and Planning | 30 Aug 2006 | 3,351 |
| 14 | Inequality Reexamined. John Broome, Amartya Kumar Sen · The Economic Journal | Jul 1993 | 3,261 |
| 15 | The Capability Approach: a theoretical survey Ingrid Robeyns · Journal of Human Development | Mar 2005 | 3,021 |
| 16 | Satisfaction and comparison income Andrew Eric Clark, Andrew J. Oswald · Journal of Public Economics | Sep 1996 | 3,012 |
| 17 | Women Empowerment and Economic Development Esther Duflo · Journal of Economic Literature | Dec 2012 | 2,932 |
| 18 | Wage Inequality and the Rise in Returns to Skill Chinhui Juhn, Kevin Murphy, Brooks Pierce · Journal of Political Economy | Jun 1993 | 2,854 |
| 19 | The Effects of Poverty on Children Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn, Greg J. Duncan · The Future of Children | 1997 | 2,848 |
| 20 | Well-Being Over Time in Britain and the USA Andrew J. Oswald, David G. Blanchflower, David G. Blanchflower | 1999 | 2,816 |
| 21 | How to do Xtabond2: An Introduction to Difference and System GMM in Stata David Malin Roodman · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2007 | 2,676 |
| 22 | What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research? Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2002 | 2,608 |
| 23 | Income and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory Richard Ainley Easterlin · The Economic Journal | Jul 2001 | 2,563 |
| 24 | Inequality and Growth in a Panel of Countries Robert J. Barro · Journal of Economic Growth | Mar 2000 | 2,551 |
| 25 | Top Incomes in the Long Run of History Anthony Barnes Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2011 | 2,357 |
| 26 | Finance, inequality and the poor Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Economic Growth | 5 Mar 2007 | 2,357 |
| 27 | Income distribution, political instability, and investment Alberto Alesina, Roberto Perotti · European Economic Review | Jun 1996 | 2,302 |
| 28 | Using the Margins Command to Estimate and Interpret Adjusted Predictions and Marginal Effects Richard Allen Williams · The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata | Jun 2012 | 2,189 |
| 29 | Gender equality and women's empowerment: A critical analysis of the third millennium development goal 1 Naila Kabeer · Gender & Development | Mar 2005 | 2,135 |
| 30 | Growth, income distribution, and democracy: What the data say Roberto Perotti · Journal of Economic Growth | Jun 1996 | 2,099 |
| 31 | Education for Growth: Why and for Whom? Alan B Krueger, Mikael Lindahl · Journal of Economic Literature | Dec 2001 | 2,093 |
| 32 | The asset vulnerability framework: Reassessing urban poverty reduction strategies Caroline O. N. Moser · World Development | 1998 | 2,014 |
| 33 | A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth Kristin J. Forbes · American Economic Review | Sep 2000 | 2,004 |
| 34 | Modernization: Theories and Facts Adam Przeworski, Fernando Limongi · World Politics | 1997 | 1,999 |
| 35 | Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study Richard N. Cooper, Robert J. Barro · Foreign Affairs | 1997 | 1,984 |
| 36 | Income and well-being: an empirical analysis of the comparison income effect Ada Ferrer‐i‐Carbonell · Journal of Public Economics | 14 Sep 2004 | 1,982 |
| 37 | Intra-Household Resource Allocation: An Inferential Approach Duncan Thomas · The Journal of Human Resources | 1990 | 1,981 |
| 38 | Understanding differences in health behaviors by education David Cutler, Adriana Lleras‐Muney · Journal of Health Economics | 4 Nov 2009 | 1,960 |
| 39 | The Quality of American Life: Perceptions, Evaluations, and Satisfactions. Robert Boguslaw, Angus J. D. Campbell, Phillip E. Converse et al. · Social Forces | Sep 1977 | 1,957 |
| 40 | Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications Christopher B. Barrett, Thomas Reardon, Patrick M. Webb · Food Policy | Aug 2001 | 1,920 |
| 41 | Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility Miles Corak · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Aug 2013 | 1,919 |
| 42 | Reforms as experiments. Donald T. Campbell · American Psychologist | Apr 1969 | 1,906 |
| 43 | Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch, Andrew J. Oswald · American Economic Review | Mar 2001 | 1,900 |
| 44 | The Blinder–Oaxaca Decomposition for Linear Regression Models Ben Jann · The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata | Dec 2008 | 1,885 |
| 45 | Does Schooling Cause Growth? Mark Bils, Peter J. Klenow · American Economic Review | Dec 2000 | 1,841 |
| 46 | On the measurement of inequalities in health Adam Wagstaff, Pierella Paci, Eddy K.A. van Doorslaer · Social Science & Medicine | 1991 | 1,821 |
| 47 | Democracy and growth Robert J. Barro · Journal of Economic Growth | Mar 1996 | 1,807 |
| 48 | Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different? Alberto Alesina, Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch · Journal of Public Economics | 11 Oct 2003 | 1,784 |
| 49 | When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior Uri Gneezy, Stephan Meier, Pedro Rey‐Biel · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 2011 | 1,784 |
| 50 | Determinants of Democracy Robert J. Barro · Journal of Political Economy | Dec 1999 | 1,773 |
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