Most cited papers in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
What are the most cited papers in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare?
The most cited paper in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare is "Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data—or tears: An application to educational enrollments in states of India" (Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett, 2001), with 5,262 citations. Next come "Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment" (4,863) and "Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries" (3,673).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 839 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment Naila Kabeer · Development and Change | Jul 1999 | 4,863 |
| 3 | Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Yin Bun Cheung, Santiago Cueto et al. · The Lancet | 2007 | 3,673 |
| 4 | Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children James J. Heckman · Science | 30 Jun 2006 | 3,591 |
| 5 | Women Empowerment and Economic Development Esther Duflo · Journal of Economic Literature | Dec 2012 | 2,932 |
| 6 | Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Schooling and Earnings? Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1991 | 2,614 |
| 7 | Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? Alberto Alesina, David Dollar · Journal of Economic Growth | Mar 2000 | 2,504 |
| 8 | Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects Michael Anderson · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Dec 2008 | 2,439 |
| 9 | Changing AIDS-risk behavior. Jeffrey D. Fisher, William A. Fisher · Psychological Bulletin | 1992 | 2,392 |
| 10 | Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification Frank B. Ellis · The Journal of Development Studies | Oct 1998 | 2,328 |
| 11 | Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities Edward A. Miguel, Michael R. Kremer · Econometrica | 10 Dec 2003 | 2,304 |
| 12 | The economic and social burden of malaria Jeffrey David Sachs, Pia N. Malaney · Nature | Feb 2002 | 2,263 |
| 13 | Capitals and Capabilities: A Framework for Analyzing Peasant Viability, Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Anthony Bebbington · World Development | Dec 1999 | 2,179 |
| 14 | Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries Susan P. Walker, Theodore D. Wachs, Julie Meeks Gardner et al. · The Lancet | 2007 | 2,162 |
| 15 | Gender equality and women's empowerment: A critical analysis of the third millennium development goal 1 Naila Kabeer · Gender & Development | Mar 2005 | 2,135 |
| 16 | US Food Aid and Civil Conflict Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian · American Economic Review | 28 May 2014 | 2,044 |
| 17 | Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment Esther Duflo · American Economic Review | Sep 2001 | 1,963 |
| 18 | Economic Deprivation and Early Childhood Development Gregory Duncan, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn, Pamela Kato Klebanov · Child Development | Apr 1994 | 1,894 |
| 19 | Grounded Theory and Sensitizing Concepts Glenn A. Bowen · International Journal of Qualitative Methods | Sep 2006 | 1,886 |
| 20 | Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development Susan P. Walker, Theodore D. Wachs, Sally Grantham‐McGregor et al. · The Lancet | 23 Sep 2011 | 1,788 |
| 21 | The impact of Group‐Based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter? Mark M. Pitt, Shahidur R. Khandker · Journal of Political Economy | Oct 1998 | 1,724 |
| 22 | How Much Does Childhood Poverty Affect the Life Chances of Children? Greg J. Duncan, Wei‐Jun Jean Yeung, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn et al. · American Sociological Review | Jun 1998 | 1,631 |
| 23 | The Economic Lives of the Poor Abhijit V Banerjee, Esther Duflo · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | 2007 | 1,628 |
| 24 | Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa Esther Duflo · The World Bank Economic Review | Jun 2003 | 1,585 |
| 25 | The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money Tavneet Suri, William G. Jack · Science | 8 Dec 2016 | 1,550 |
| 26 | Empowerment Theory Marc A. Zimmerman | 2000 | 1,527 |
| 27 | The Developmental Niche: A Conceptualization at the Interface of Child and Culture Charles M. Super, Sara Harkness · International Journal of Behavioral Development | Dec 1986 | 1,513 |
| 28 | The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Abhijit G. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster et al. · American Economic Journal Applied Economics | 2015 | 1,490 |
| 29 | Long term consequences of early childhood malnutrition Harold Alderman · Oxford Economic Papers | 3 Apr 2006 | 1,464 |
| 30 | World Development Report 2012: Gender equality and development Yen Nee Wong · Forum for Development Studies | 24 Sep 2012 | 1,456 |
| 31 | Participatory Exclusions, Community Forestry, and Gender: An Analysis for South Asia and a Conceptual Framework Bina Agarwal · World Development | Oct 2001 | 1,386 |
| 32 | Instruments, Randomization, and Learning about Development Angus Deaton · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2010 | 1,295 |
| 33 | Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training Devaki Jain, Caroline O. N. Moser · Feminist Review | 1995 | 1,288 |
| 34 | The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty Françoìs Bourguignon, Satya Ranjan Chakravarty · The Journal of Economic Inequality | Apr 2003 | 1,287 |
| 35 | Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael R. Kremer et al. · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 2006 | 1,273 |
| 36 | Family planning: the unfinished agenda John G.F. Cleland, Stan Bernstein, Alex Ezeh et al. · The Lancet | Nov 2006 | 1,273 |
| 37 | Microfinance and Poverty: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh Shahidur R. Khandker · The World Bank Economic Review | 31 Aug 2005 | 1,266 |
| 38 | Research with Children Samantha Punch · Childhood | Aug 2002 | 1,261 |
| 39 | Group lending, repayment incentives and social collateral Timothy J. Besley, Stephen Coate · Journal of Development Economics | Feb 1995 | 1,244 |
| 40 | Adolescent Relations with Mothers, Fathers, and Friends. Edward Z. Dager, James Youniss, Jacqueline Smollar · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Jul 1986 | 1,223 |
| 41 | Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Michael L. Rutter et al. · DECP Debate | Jun 2009 | 1,214 |
| 42 | Demographic and health surveys: a profile Daniel J. Corsi, Melissa Neuman, Jocelyn E. Finlay et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology | 12 Nov 2012 | 1,204 |
| 43 | The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children James Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov · Review of Agricultural Economics | 16 Jun 2007 | 1,200 |
| 44 | Human capital development before age five Janet Currie, Douglas Vincent Almond · Handbook of labour economics | 2011 | 1,198 |
| 45 | Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States David Card, Alan B. Krueger · Journal of Political Economy | Feb 1992 | 1,196 |
| 46 | Ethnic diversity, social sanctions, and public goods in Kenya Edward A. Miguel, Mary Kay Gugerty · Journal of Public Economics | 9 Nov 2004 | 1,196 |
| 47 | Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People Greg Bankoff, G.E. Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst | 2004 | 1,182 |
| 48 | Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world Patrice L. Engle, Maureen M. Black, Jere Richard Behrman et al. · The Lancet | 2007 | 1,164 |
| 49 | Long‐term consequences of stunting in early life Kathryn G. Dewey, Khadija Begum · Maternal and Child Nutrition | 19 Sep 2011 | 1,159 |
| 50 | Aid and Growth: What Does the Cross-Country Evidence Really Show? Raghuram G. Rajan, Arvind Subramanian · The Review of Economics and Statistics | 17 Oct 2008 | 1,144 |
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