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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty, as of August 2012

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty

The scores of institutions in each field are determined by a weighted sum of all authors affiliated with the respective institutions. The weights are determined, for each author, by the proportion of all working papers announced in NEP that have also been announced in NEP-LTV (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.254841.13
2Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1.723226.8
(3)Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.786125.04
3London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

4.79218150.19
4Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

5.395743.88
5Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

7.71510.32
6Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

8.09143111.72
7Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

9.7157372.52
8Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

10.337667.36
(9)Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

11.492823.73
(9)Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

11.632719.85
9Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

11.684836.63
10Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

11.799068.11
(11)Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

13.142117.23
11World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

13.33336280.66
12Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

14.136047.56
13Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

14.785331.77
(14)Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

15.323223.31
14Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

15.56143.89
15National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

15.7644339.99
16Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

16.14829.25
(17)Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

19.6132109.61
17Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

19.974634.08
(18)Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

21.06139.98
18Department of Economics, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

25.216852.04
19Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität

Linz, Austria

26.063626.1
20Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

26.634838.69
21Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

27.794840.23
(22)Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

31.0932.19
22Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

31.14921.11
(23)Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

31.755436.08
23RAND

Santa Monica, California (USA)

31.913725.15
24Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

32.273932.85
25Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

32.56145.64
26Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

32.63326.6
27Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

34.46190108.82
28Department of Economics, University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

34.53220.97
29Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

35.523732.49
30Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

37.313128.93
31Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

39.044135.21
(32)ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

43.362111.68
32Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

44.14235.83
33Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

45.79148122.77
34Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

46.721714.6
35Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Lüneburg, Germany

47.57108.47
36Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

48.554025.2
(37)School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

48.722823.43
37Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Australia

48.723326.7
38School of Economics and Political Science, Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

50.025342.53
(39)Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

51.0654.13
39Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

51.173128.34
40Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

51.194234.75
41Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

51.29136113.5
42Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

52.017453.43
43Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

52.551714.95
44Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

53.131512.49
(45)Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

53.384026.54
45Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Basel/Zürich, Switzerland

53.6191.86
46Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

54.685140.91
47Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Zeppelin Universität

Friedrichshafen, Germany

56.4721.33
48Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

56.54944.7
49Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

57.554231.08
50Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

57.584837.35
51Economics Department, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

58.554333.15
52Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

60.13933.81
53Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

615748.09
54Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

64.29680.51
(55)Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

65.575243.96
55Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

65.66753.63
56Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

68.983730.62
(57)Dipartimento di Economia e Istituzioni, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

69.683023.63
57Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

71.182713.03
58Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

71.537261.85
59CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

72.2512980.2
60Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

73.482822.68
61Department of Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

75.414436.5
62School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

76.0673.65
63Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

76.2132.92
64Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

76.925520.27
65Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

77.241915.65
66Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina (USA)

77.341615.67
(66)Economics Department, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina (USA)

77.34109.67
67Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

79.933328.67
(68)Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

80.79156.55
68Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

81.783935.2
69Department of Economics, Royal Holloway

Egham, United Kingdom

81.792719.63
70Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

82.095734.99
(71)Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

83.152522.96
71Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

83.521715.88
72Department of Economics, Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

84.451614.81
73Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

86.013328.09
74Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

86.064032.88
(75)Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

88.9633
75Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

89.346054.66
(76)Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

91.452420.74
76Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

93.772617.46
77Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

94.68198.88
78Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

95.572320.75
(79)Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

96.453826.24
79Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität

Göttingen, Germany

96.633426.34
(80)Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

97.2149.91
(80)Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

97.410.32
80Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

99.321411.7
81Economics Department, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

100.343532.32
82Economics Department, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

102.7297.08
(83)Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

102.922418.7
83Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

104.424635.96
84Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES)

Paris, France

104.84831.52
85CESifo

München, Germany

105.9620326.38
(86)Département économie et finance, Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

106.161611.07
86Groupe EDHEC (École de Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord)

Lille/Paris, France

106.161912.97
(87)Labor and Population Program, RAND

Santa Monica, California (USA)

106.5157.78
87Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

München, Germany

106.864431.63
88Department of Economics, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

108.282520.08
89Department of Economics, State University of New York-Albany (SUNY)

Albany, New York (USA)

110.352219.76
90Department of Economics, University of Stirling

Stirling, United Kingdom

116.822117.63
91Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

118.193323.83
92ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

118.95135110.34
93Department of Economics, Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

119.474237.55
94Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

120.88512.94
95Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel

Basel, Switzerland

121.241816.1
96Département d'Économique, Université Laval

Québec, Canada

121.952519.58
(97)Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria

122.0584.59
97Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

San Francisco, California (USA)

122.6784.39
98Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

122.793833.26
99Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

123.5610496
100Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

123.586951.64
(101)Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia (UECE), Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

123.612718.4
101Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

127.995547.91
102Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

128.94116.79
103Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology

Perth, Australia

129.252320.68
104Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University

Ramat-Gan, Israel

129.921614.91
105Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

130.0311082.1
106Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NetSPAR)

Tilburg, Netherlands

130.7297.88
107Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria

131.472014.86
108Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

132.462519.96
(109)School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology

Perth, Australia

132.48178.48
109Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

134.653530.81
110Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

136.273932.13
111Economics, University of Wisconsin

Marathon, Wisconsin (USA)

136.9321.5
112Olin School of Business, Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

138.431715.62
113Department of Economics, State University of New York-Binghamton (SUNY)

Binghamton, New York (USA)

140.471311
114Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

142.012210.2
(114)Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU), Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, Government of Sweden

Uppsala, Sweden

142.012210.2
115Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Vigo

Vigo, Spain

142.555854.05
(116)Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

146.0776.45
116Banco de Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

146.123631.6
(117)Volkswirtschaftliches Seminar, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität

Göttingen, Germany

147.762318.3
117Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

148.0395.67
118Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Bilbao, Spain

149.458376.49
(119)Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Universidade de Vigo

Vigo, Spain

149.533522.37
119Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

151.92176149.37

Top 10% authors in the field of Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty

This ranking is based on registered authors only, and only those who are classified within this field. Authors can register at the RePEc Author Service.
RankAuthorScore
1James J. Heckman

Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.11
2Daron Acemoglu

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1.97
3Ernst Fehr

Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

4.81
4Bruno S. Frey

Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

5.95
5Stephen John Nickell

Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

6.67
6George Borjas

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

7.49
7Daniel Kahneman

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

8.04
8Gary S. Becker

Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

8.71
9David E. Card

Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

10.45
10Gerard J. van den Berg

Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

12.74
11James P. Smith

RAND, Santa Monica, California (USA)

13.32
12Yves Zenou

Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden

13.37
13Angus S. Deaton

Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

13.44
14Richard Blundell

Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom

13.66
15Klaus F. Zimmermann

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

14.36
16Richard B. Freeman

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

14.64
17Lawrence F. Katz

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

16.52
18Andrew J. Oswald

Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

17.52
19Axel Dreher

Volkswirtschaftliches Seminar, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

18.13
20Daniel Hamermesh

Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas (USA)

18.31
21Christopher A Pissarides

Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

19.83
22Arthur Van Soest

CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands
Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NetSPAR), Tilburg, Netherlands

20.04
23Edward Lazear

Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California (USA)

21.47
24Anthony Barnes Atkinson

Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

22.18
25Eric A. Hanushek

Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, California (USA)

23.6
26Olivier Blanchard

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

23.82
27Stephen P. Jenkins

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

24.96
28T. Paul Schultz

Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

26.27
29Benno Torgler

School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

26.96
30Martin Ravallion

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

28.05
31David G. Blanchflower

Economics Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

29.16
32Debraj Ray

Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

29.71
33Jere Richard Behrman

Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

30.01
34Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom
Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Linz, Austria

32.61
35Joshua D Angrist

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

32.69
36Matthias Sutter

Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

33.27
37Alan B. Krueger

Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

33.63
38Raquel Fernandez

Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

35.86
39Richard Layard

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

35.98
40David Neumark

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco, California (USA)

36.57
41Robert Moffitt

Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

36.93
42David Autor

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36.99
43Costas Meghir

ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom

37.96
44Andrew Clark

Paris School of Economics, Paris, France

38.61
45Francine Blau

CESifo, München, Germany

39.3
46Andrei Shleifer

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

39.8
47John Pencavel

40.16
48Kevin M. Murphy

Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

43.05
49Jean Tirole

Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Toulouse, France

44.37
50William Easterly

Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

45.55
51Philippe Weil

Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po, Paris, France

46.55
52Mark R. Rosenzweig

Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

47.26
53Lawrence Kahn

Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

47.61
54Peter Gottschalk

Department of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

51.19
55Roland J. Benabou

Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

54.98
56Frank Alan Cowell

Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom

55.9
57Barry R. Chiswick

Department of Economics, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

58.6

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