American Economic Journal-Applied Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of American Economic Journal-Applied Economics is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter67
How Equality Created Poverty in Preindustrial Japan, 1600–187048
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health47
The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers to Agricultural Households47
Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending42
Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups42
The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States35
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration35
Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement34
Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans33
Family Formation and Crime29
Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates27
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being24
The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico’s Telesecundarias23
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act23
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries23
Divine Policy: The Impact of Religion in Government23
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts21
How Cable News Reshaped Local Government21
What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid21
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850–192020
Trade Disruptions and Reshoring19
Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care19
The Effects of Racial Segregation on Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Historical Railroad Placement18
Preferences, Access, and the STEM Gender Gap in Centralized High School Assignment18
Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location18
Customer Capital Spillovers: Evidence from Sales Managers in International Markets17
The Impact of Presidential Appointment of Judges: Montesquieu or the Federalists?17
Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States17
Money and Politics: The Effects of Campaign Spending Limits on Political Entry and Competition17
The Simpler the Better? Threshold Effects of Energy Labels on Property Prices and Energy Efficiency Investments17
Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the United States16
Preferences, Selection, and the Structure of Teacher Pay16
Energy Saving May Kill: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident15
Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria15
Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare15
The Health Effects of Prison15
The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity15
Food Transfers and Child Nutrition: Evidence from India's Public Distribution System†15
The Willingness to Pay for a Cooler Day: Evidence from 50 Years of Major League Baseball Games14
Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana14
High School Majors and Future Earnings13
The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks13
Release, Detain, or Surveil? The Effect of Electronic Monitoring on Defendant Outcomes13
Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates across Time and Social Groups12
Optimal Sin Taxation and Market Power12
Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?12
Labor Supply and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Termination of the Bracero Program in 196412
Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Market Choices11
The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions†11
Competition and Pass-Through: Evidence from Isolated Markets11
Labor Supply and Entertainment Innovations: Evidence from the US TV Rollout11
When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health11
Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply11
Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Placing Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Housing Programs on Future Homelessness and Socioeconomic Outcomes10
Infrastructure Costs10
Down to the Wire: Leveraging Technology to Improve Electric Utility Cost Recovery10
Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China10
Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts10
Ethnic Diversity, Historical Economic Exchange, and Development: Evidence from Andean Peru9
Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from an RCT in Pakistan9
Socioeconomic Disparities in Privatized Pollution Remediation: Evidence from Toxic Chemical Spills9
Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda9
Front Matter9
Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility9
Improving Women’s Mental Health during a Pandemic9
Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation9
Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence from a Video Résumé Field Experiment8
Breaking Bad: How Health Shocks Prompt Crime8
Discriminatory Lending: Evidence from Bankers in the Lab8
Real-World Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine in Young Children8
Order Effects and Teacher Labor Supply: A Nationwide RCT in Ecuador8
Location, Location, Location8
Correction to “Temperature and Decisions: Evidence from 207,000 Court Cases” and Reply to Spamann8
The Impact of Dating Apps on Young Adults: Evidence from Tinder8
Front Matter8
A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany8
Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark7
Information Frictions and Employee Sorting between Start-ups7
Contagious Dishonesty: Corruption Scandals and Supermarket Theft7
The Impact of Youth Medicaid Eligibility on Adult Incarceration7
Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho7
Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions7
School Attendance Boundaries and the Segregation of Public Schools in the United States7
Estimating the Distaste for Price Gouging with Incentivized Consumer Reports7
The Curse of Plenty: The Green Revolution and the Rise in Chronic Disease6
Dominated Pension Investments: The Role of Search Frictions and Unawareness6
Is Zero a Special Price? Evidence from Child Health Care6
Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection6
Highway to Hitler6
What Impacts Can We Expect from School Spending Policy? Evidence from Evaluations in the United States6
The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery6
The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers’ Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications6
Natural Resource Booms, Human Capital, and Earnings: Evidence from Linked Education and Employment Records6
Collateralized Marriage6
Salary History and Employer Demand: Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit6
Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India6
Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market6
Does Discipline Decrease Police Misconduct? Evidence from Chicago Civilian Allegations6
The Effect of Immigration Restrictions on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure5
How Do Households Respond to Job Loss? Lessons from Multiple High-Frequency Datasets5
Strategic Formal Layoffs: Unemployment Insurance and Informal Labor Markets5
Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service5
Media Coverage of Immigration and the Polarization of Attitudes5
Why Is Europe More Equal than the United States?5
Civil Service Exams and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Pendleton Act5
Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism5
Fighting for Tyranny: State Repression and Combat Motivation5
Pay Transparency and the Gender Gap5
Is It Who You Are or What You Get? Comparing the Impacts of Loans and Grants for Microenterprise Development4
The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics4
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents4
Comment on “Temperature and Decisions: Evidence from 207,000 Court Cases”4
Front Matter4
The Value of Leisure Synchronization4
The Short- and the Long-Run Impact of Gender-Biased Teachers4
Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of ADHD4
Does Promoting One Healthy Behavior Detract from Others? Evidence from a Field Experiment4
Independent Media, Propaganda, and Religiosity: Evidence from Poland4
Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa4
Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections4
Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA4
Skill Depreciation during Unemployment: Evidence from Panel Data†4
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