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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Human Capital and Human Resource Management, as of May 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom1.00313.78
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2551.42
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom3.00181.32
3University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)3.2350.98
4Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg3.641854.62
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg4.641833.72
5Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)5.8361.44
6Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland6.76204.66
7Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.3940.48
8University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom7.9640.26
9University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)7.9760.44
10Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany8.89154.26
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland9.82101.83
11Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)10.8960.73
12Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)13.9030.28
13Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany14.1671.65
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom14.2270.67
14Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands15.3982.36
15University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)15.4131.12
16University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)15.4210.22
17University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)15.9931.69
-University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Finance Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)17.7410.44
18Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)18.8341.08
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)18.8341.08
19Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)19.6830.63
20Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom21.43520.92
21University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada21.8940.95
22University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada22.1730.43
23ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany22.8881.41
24Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)23.3110.17
25Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)23.5540.75
26Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany24.2251.12
27Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)25.2940.48
28Paris School of Economics, Paris, France26.9760.57
29Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia27.5371.39
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia30.6261.37
30Universität zu Köln → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Köln, Germany30.70102.52
31Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (SPEAR), Canberra, Australia31.6610.06
32University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom31.7320.60
33University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom32.7771.03
34Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)32.9110.45
35Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy32.9750.26
36Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France34.7220.24
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France35.7520.24
37CESifo, München, Germany35.78450.86
-Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Algemene Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands36.7641.85
38Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)37.9730.77
39Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands38.8590.95
40University of Essex → Economics Department, Colchester, United Kingdom38.8761.14
41Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)40.4250.40
-Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft → Abteilung Management und Mikroökonomik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany40.6031.00
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Finance Department, London, United Kingdom41.2420.75
42Aarhus Universitet → Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus, Denmark41.4671.19
43Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway41.6881.29
44Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain41.9961.26
45Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy43.5252.04
46Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)43.8430.24
47University of Rochester → William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, New York (United States)44.0710.50
48University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom45.6830.26
49Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)46.1950.31
50Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom46.4990.58
51University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)47.5010.46
52Columbia University → Graduate School of Business, New York City, New York (United States)48.7140.65
53Stanford University → Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, California (United States)49.4030.16
54University of Toronto → Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada49.6330.68
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)51.2630.81
55Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy51.4461.02
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom51.9520.26
-Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)54.9620.41
56Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)54.9830.52
57World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)55.2050.94
58Rice University → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)55.7810.19
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain56.3730.41
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom56.8220.18
59University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada56.8631.08
60Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland58.0330.89
-Harvard University → Department of Economics → Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)58.6610.05
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London, United Kingdom58.8720.16
61Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)59.0430.54
-University of Georgia → Terry College of Business → Department of Economics, Athens, Georgia (United States)60.8220.78
61University of Georgia → Terry College of Business, Athens, Georgia (United States)60.8220.78
63Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria62.4672.32
64Humboldt-Universität Berlin → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Berlin, Germany62.7441.59
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg62.8540.91
65Florida State University → Department of Economics, Tallahassee, Florida (United States)63.2810.42
66University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom63.6441.13
67Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)63.7810.17
68University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)64.5320.50
69Universität Konstanz → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany65.7061.39
70Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain66.5230.52
71Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)67.8810.16
72George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)67.9310.11
-Harvard University → Harvard Business School → Strategy Unit, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)68.5820.47
-Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) → ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), London, United Kingdom70.1770.27
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway71.5540.75
73Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy71.6450.49
74Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom73.8120.33
75European University Institute → Department of Economics, Firenze, Italy75.0451.36
76Université de Lausanne → Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Lausanne, Switzerland75.1651.48

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
2.25
2John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
3.51
3Edward Lazear5.17
4James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
5.18
5David E. Card5.25
6John List
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
5.99
7Richard B. Freeman8.63
8Alex Edmans
University of Pennsylvania → Wharton School of Business → Finance Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
9.68
9Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.40
10Uri Gneezy
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Rady School of Management, La Jolla, California (United States)
11.47
11Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell)
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
12.28
12Erik Brynjolfsson14.32
13Oriana Bandiera
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom
London School of Economics (LSE) → Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), London, United Kingdom
15.45
14Alex Bryson
University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
16.56
15David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
16.87
16John S. Heywood
University of Wisconsin → Economics Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States)
17.05
17Andrea Prat
Columbia University → Graduate School of Business → Finance and Economics Department, New York City, New York (United States)
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
17.06
18Eric Hanushek (Eric Hanusek)
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
17.31
19Flavio Cunha
Rice University → Department of Economics, Houston, Texas (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
17.98
20Zoltan J. Acs
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom
George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)
21.04
21Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
22.92
22Raffaella Sadun23.10
23Ludger Woessmann
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
23.47
24Mark Huggett
Georgetown University → Economics Department, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
25.10
25Jorn-Steffen Pischke25.17
26Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
26.33
27Thomas Lemieux
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
26.94
28David Deming
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
27.62
29Kathryn Shaw
Stanford University → Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California (United States)
28.21
30Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
29.28
31Esther Duflo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
29.47
32Ron Kaniel
University of Rochester → William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, New York (United States)
30.37
33Ernst Fehr
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
34.26
34Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
34.86
35Uwe Sunde
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
35.37
36Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
35.90
37Joerg Baten
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Tübingen, Germany
37.18
38Costas Meghir
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
37.32
39Jean-Marc Robin
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
37.97
40Christian 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
38.93
41W. Bentley Macleod
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
40.63
42Alan Manning
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
41.21
43Gary Charness41.90
44Mirjam van Praag (Celine Mirjam van Praag)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam → Amsterdam Global Change Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
44.50
45Steven Davis
Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford, California (United States)
45.18
46Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
46.08
47David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
46.58
48Uschi Backes-Gellner
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
47.77
49Victor Chaim Lavy
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel
47.92
50Paul Oyer48.42
51Mitchell Harvey Hoffman
University of Toronto → Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
48.93
52David Jacob Cooper
Florida State University → Department of Economics, Tallahassee, Florida (United States)
49.21
53Lawrence Kahn49.45
54Todd Schoellman
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
49.67
55Robert Dur
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen → Capaciteitsgroep Algemene Economie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
50.05
56Andries de Grip
Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands
52.25
57Klaus M. Schmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
52.37
58Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
52.48
59Gordon M. Phillips
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
53.30
60Peter Kuhn53.95
61Marco Pagano
Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF), Napoli, Italy
54.39
62Xavier Gabaix
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
54.90
63Uwe Jirjahn
Universität Trier → Fach Volkswirtschaftslehre, Trier, Germany
56.00
64Roland Benabou56.24
65Dirk Sliwka
Universität zu Köln → Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Köln, Germany
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
58.26
66Thomas Zwick
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut, Würzburg, Germany
62.38
67Chris M. Robinson
University of Western Ontario → Department of Economics, London, Canada
62.95
68Patrick Kline
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
62.98
69Luigi Guiso
Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF), Roma, Italy
64.01
70David Huffman
Cornell University → Johnson Graduate School of Management, Ithaca, New York (United States)
64.79
71Dirk Jenter
London School of Economics (LSE) → Finance Department, London, United Kingdom
65.08
72Michael Kosfeld
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main → Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft → Abteilung Management und Mikroökonomik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
65.62
73Alma Cohen66.71
74Lucia Smith Foster
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau → Center for Economic Studies, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
67.94
75Matthias Kräkel (Matthias Kraekel)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich → Bonn Graduate School of Economics, Bonn, Germany
68.44
76Ghazala Azmat70.00
77Thomas Dohmen
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn → Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich, Bonn, Germany
70.08
78Jere Richard Behrman
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
70.65
79Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
71.57
80Daniele Checchi
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
72.40
81Lisa B. Kahn
University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)
72.99
82Isaac Ehrlich73.42
83Melvyn Glyn Coles
University of Essex → Economics Department, Colchester, United Kingdom
73.45
84Simon Gächter (Simon Gaechter)
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx), Nottingham, United Kingdom
73.67
85Fatih Guvenen
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
74.94
86Frances Stewart
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
75.41
87Jan van Ours
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
77.02
88Paola Sapienza
Northwestern University → Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
77.41
89Jesse Rothstein77.74
90Keith A. Bender
University of Aberdeen → Department of Economics, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
78.61
91Christopher Cornwell
University of Georgia → Terry College of Business → Department of Economics, Athens, Georgia (United States)
78.97
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