Question 1

Which countries lead Income, Poverty, and Inequality research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (659 and 596 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Income, Poverty, and Inequality research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Income, Poverty, and Inequality research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and London School of Economics and Political Science.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Income, Poverty, and Inequality?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Income, Poverty, and Inequality include George Davey Smith, Donald B. Rubin and Martin McKee.

Question 4

Where is Income, Poverty, and Inequality research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Income, Poverty, and Inequality research in 2022-now are Rome (Italy), Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bonn and Kathmandu.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Income, Poverty, and Inequality?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Economics and Political Science, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Johannesburg score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Income, Poverty, and Inequality research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Income, Poverty, and Inequality.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Income, Poverty, and Inequality?

Accepted Answer

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).