OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Front Matter	162
Recommendations for Further Reading	111
The Economics of Intangible Capital	107
Front Matter	81
Recommendations for Further Reading	80
Lessons for Expanding the Share of Disadvantaged Students in Economics from the AEA Summer Program at Michigan State University	76
Oleg Itskhoki: 2022 John Bates Clark Medalist	73
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	68
Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	67
Recommendations for Further Reading	67
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	60
How Do Firms Respond to Minimum Wage Increases? Understanding the Relevance of Non-Employment Margins	59
Retrospectives: Joan Robinson on Karl Marx: “His Sense of Reality Is Far Stronger”	57
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	55
The Economics Profession’s Socioeconomic Diversity Problem	55
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	54
Monetary Policy When the Central Bank Shapes Financial-Market Sentiment	53
Can Structural Changes Fix the Supreme Court?	51
Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries	49
Is Pay Transparency Good?	49
Inside the Box: Safety, Health, and Isolation in Prison	47
Evidence on Research Transparency in Economics	45
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	45
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	40
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	39

Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	38
Estimating Judicial Ideology	37
Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa	37
Depression and Loneliness among the Elderly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	33
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	32
The Economic Constitution of the United States	32
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	31
How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965–2020	31
Expected and Realized Inflation in Historical Perspective	28
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	27
Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe	26
The United States of Europe: A Gravity Model Evaluation of the Four Freedoms	26
Melissa Dell: Winner of the 2020 Clark Medal	26
The Ways of Corruption in Infrastructure: Lessons from the Odebrecht Case	25
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	24
Retrospectives: On the Evolution of the Rules versus Discretion Debate in Monetary Policy	24
Recommendations for Further Reading	23
Recommendations for Further Reading	22
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	21
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	21
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	20
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	19
Valuing Identity in the Classroom: What Economics Can Learn from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education	19
The Globalization of Postsecondary Education: The Role of International Students in the US Higher Education System	19
Front Matter	19
Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa	19
The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968	18
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	18
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	17
Why Does the United States Have the Best Research Universities? Incentives, Resources, and Virtuous Circles	17
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	16
Washington Consensus in Latin America: From Raw Model to Straw Man	16
Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures and Industrial Policy	15
The US Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests	15
City Limits: What Do Local-Area Minimum Wages Do?	15
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	15
The Cumulative Costs of Racism and the Bill for Black Reparations	15
The Rise of Research Teams: Benefits and Costs in Economics	14
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	14
Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender	14
Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments	13
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	13
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	12
Marketing Investment and Intangible Brand Capital	12
Four Facts about Human Capital	12
Recommendations for Further Reading	11
Front Matter	11
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	11
Front Matter	11
An Ounce of Prevention	10

Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System	10
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	10
Front Matter	10
Neighborhood Change, Gentrification, and the Urbanization of College Graduates	9
Retrospectives: Edgar Sydenstricker: Household Equivalence Scales and the Causes of Pellagra	9
Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?	9
Fiscal Policy in Europe: Controversies over Rules, Mutual Insurance, and Centralization	9
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	9
Some Thoughts on the Washington Consensus and Subsequent Global Development Experience	9
When Innovation Goes Wrong: Technological Regress and the Opioid Epidemic	9
Where Does Wealth Come From? Measuring Lifetime Resources in Norway	9
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	9
The Political Economy of Industrial Policy	8
The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity	8
Of Forking Paths and Tied Hands: Selective Publication of Findings, and What Economists Should Do about It	8
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	8
Monetary Policy and Inequality	7
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	7
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	7
Does the Value-Added Tax Add Value? Lessons Using Administrative Data from a Diverse Set of Countries	6
Agricultural Technology in Africa	6
Isaiah Andrews, 2021 John Bates Clark Medalist	6
Transmission Impossible? Prospects for Decarbonizing the US Grid	6
Recommendations for Further Reading	6