American Economic Journal-Applied Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of American Economic Journal-Applied Economics is 21. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter53
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health48
The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States42
LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training42
Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement42
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration40
Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major34
Family Formation and Crime32
Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans31
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being31
The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico’s Telesecundarias29
The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Large-Scale Health Experiment27
Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates27
What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid26
How Cable News Reshaped Local Government26
The Origins of Common Identity: Evidence from Alsace-Lorraine25
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries25
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts22
Do Doctors Improve the Health Care of Their Parents? Evidence from Admission Lotteries22
Trade Disruptions and Reshoring21
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850–192021
Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location21
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