Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Demographic Economics, as of May 2026

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There are 9321 institutions with 73501 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For Demographic Economics, these are 627 institutions and 680 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	1.36	6	1.53
2	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2	45	0.73
3	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	3.08	2	0.27
4	Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	3.29	6	0.64
5	University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	5.45	5	0.33
6	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	6.85	5	0.43
7	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	6.96	14	1.76
8	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	7.48	1	0.18
9	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	8.20	145	2.75
10	University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	9.36	4	0.30
-	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	10.79	142	2.23
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	11.45	4	0.48
11	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway	11.55	12	2.77
12	University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	12.08	3	0.62
13	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	12.80	13	3.40
14	University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)	13.67	3	1.23
-	Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway	14.27	8	2.71
15	Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	14.54	1	0.44
16	Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	14.99	9	1.16
17	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	16.09	3	0.36
18	Harvard University → Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health → Department of Global Health and Population, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	16.83	4	0.74
19	Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	17.36	2	0.30
20	Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)	18.60	2	0.33
21	University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)	21.71	2	0.65
22	University of Virginia → Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)	23.99	2	0.49
23	Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)	24.21	4	0.29
24	University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom	25.10	3	0.32
25	Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom	26.76	9	0.87
26	Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	28.26	3	0.28
27	Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)	28.59	3	0.38
28	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	29.31	3	0.65
29	Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain	29.34	6	1.13
30	University of Southern California → Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles, California (United States)	29.52	3	0.77
31	Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom	30.12	6	1.38
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	30.39	3	0.65
32	Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria	31.07	9	1.62
33	Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain	31.83	4	0.98
-	Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	32.59	7	1.02
34	Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia	32.87	6	1.59
35	New York University (NYU) → Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York City, New York (United States)	34.27	2	0.61
36	Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	35.34	2	0.37
37	Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	36.58	1	0.12
38	University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)	37.16	3	0.40
39	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	37.85	9	1.11
-	Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia	38.02	6	1.52
40	WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria	38.40	6	1.57
41	University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	38.90	2	0.18
-	WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria	40.82	5	1.40
42	University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada	40.93	4	1.15
43	Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) → School of Economics, Herzliya, Israel	42.06	1	0.18
44	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	42.25	7	1.52
45	Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden	46.03	5	1.35
46	Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)	46.99	3	0.31
47	University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)	47.97	1	0.07
-	Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	48.87	2	0.14
48	University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	49.65	2	0.71
49	Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States)	49.79	2	0.25
50	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany	50.07	10	1.14
51	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	50.22	5	1.10
52	Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China	53.51	1	0.20
53	University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom	53.58	5	0.87
54	Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)	53.95	2	0.19
55	Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany	54.08	6	0.85
56	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	55.69	3	1.43
57	University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)	55.89	1	0.17
58	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	56.50	1	0.23
59	Aarhus Universitet → Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus, Denmark	56.58	3	0.52
60	University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)	57.85	1	0.15
61	National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore	58.04	1	0.32
62	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands	59.03	5	0.47

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	James J. Heckman University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	1.86
2	Janet Currie Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	3.85
3	Marianne Bertrand University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	4.20
4	Claudia Goldin Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.50
5	Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell) University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom	4.71
6	Alberto Alesina †	6.97
7	Claudia Olivetti Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	8.55
8	Robert A. Pollak Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States) Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)	10.08
9	Raj Chetty Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	10.98
10	David E. Card	11.52
11	Shelly Lundberg University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)	11.58
12	Daniel Hamermesh University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)	11.78
13	Pierre Pestieau Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	13.55
14	Matthias Doepke London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom	15.57
15	Adriana Lleras-Muney University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	17.06
16	Melissa Schettini Kearney University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)	17.66
17	Jeremy Greenwood University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	19.63
18	David Bloom Harvard University → Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health → Department of Global Health and Population, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	19.97
19	Barbara Petrongolo Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom	21.41
20	Christopher Ruhm University of Virginia → Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)	21.93
21	Jason Fletcher University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)	22.57
22	Ronald Demos Lee University of California-Berkeley → Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA), Berkeley, California (United States) University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	22.94
23	Francine Blau Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)	24.60
24	Michael Grossman	26.76
25	David de la Croix Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	27.48
26	Sandra E. Black Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	27.53
27	Kjell G Salvanes Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway	28.64
28	Robert Moffitt Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)	29.68
29	Douglas Almond Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)	29.86
30	Gregory Ponthiere Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM), Rennes/Caen, France	30.22
31	Stefano DellaVigna University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	30.23
32	Martha J. Bailey University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)	30.74
33	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	31.43
34	Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	31.96
35	Costas Meghir Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)	32.87
36	Lawrence Kahn	33.51
37	Nezih Guner Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain	34.30
38	Martin Eichenbaum Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	36.09
39	Phillip B. Levine Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States) Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)	37.78
40	Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (Alexia Fuernkranz-Prskawetz) Technische Universität Wien → Institut für Stochastik und Wirtschaftsmathematik, Wien, Austria	38.91
41	Sonia Bhalotra University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom	39.31
42	Zvi Eckstein Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) → School of Economics, Herzliya, Israel	39.77
43	Damian Clarke Universidad de Chile → Facultad de Economía y Negocios → Departamento de Economía, Santiago, Chile	41.26
44	Christian Dustmann University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom University College London (UCL) → Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, United Kingdom	43.04
45	Daniela Del Boca Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy	43.49
46	Edward Andrew Miguel University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	43.69
47	Jessica Pan National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore	44.57
48	John List University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	44.67
49	Heather North Royer University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)	45.68
50	Matthew James Wiswall Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)	46.84
51	Junsen Zhang Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China	47.77
52	Oded Galor Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	48.49
53	Hilary Williamson Hoynes University of California-Berkeley → Goldman School of Public Policy, Berkeley, California (United States) University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	48.50
54	David Figlio University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)	49.57
55	Jere Richard Behrman University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	51.15
56	Daniel Aaronson Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	51.94
57	Andrea Weber Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	52.60
58	Klaus Prettner WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft → Institut für Makroökonomie, Wien, Austria	53.63
59	Gordon B. Dahl University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)	53.99
60	Libertad Gonzalez Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain	54.67
61	Jennifer Hunt Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)	54.87
62	Romain Wacziarg University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Anderson Graduate School of Management, Los Angeles, California (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	56.49
63	Jean-Marc Robin Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	57.07
64	Anna Aizer Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	58.25
65	Mariacristina De Nardi University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)	58.41
66	Regina Therese Riphahn Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany	60.42
67	Susan L. Averett Lafayette College → Department of Economics, Easton, Pennsylvania (United States)	61.12
68	Paul Gertler University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)	61.64

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