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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
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1University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)1.2961.53
2National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)1.83470.91
3Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)3.0020.28
4Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)4.0260.65
5University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom5.0550.36
6University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)6.8760.76
7London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom6.87151.97
8University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)7.3010.18
9Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg8.921492.56
10University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)9.0040.31
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom10.9640.48
11University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)11.5630.62
12Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH), Bergen, Norway12.72122.18
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg13.791462.05
13Paris School of Economics, Paris, France13.84133.41
14Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)14.0910.44
15University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)14.1231.21
16Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)15.2130.37
-Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway15.3582.14
17Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium16.9791.16
18Harvard University → Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health → Department of Global Health and Population, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)17.5640.71
19Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)17.6620.30
20Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)18.8720.33
21University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)21.0120.56
22University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom23.1940.42
23Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)24.0640.29
24University of Virginia → Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)24.7820.49
25Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom26.3790.88
26Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain26.6571.64
27Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom28.4371.64
28Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)28.9330.28
29Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)29.9130.37
30Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France31.3330.64
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France32.4130.64
31Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)32.4561.22
32Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain32.4940.94
-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, Belgium32.9271.02
33New York University (NYU) → Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York City, New York (United States)33.0820.65
34Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Linz, Austria33.7191.59
35Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)35.7041.57
36Washington University in St. Louis → Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)36.8520.37
37Washington University in St. Louis → Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri (United States)38.1710.12
38University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)39.1230.39
39Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia39.3251.51
40Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany39.5981.58
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia40.3351.51
41University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)41.1820.18
42Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy41.5691.10
43WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria43.0661.57
44New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)43.4720.22
-WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria44.2451.40
45Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) → School of Economics, Herzliya, Israel45.0710.18
46Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden45.7451.34
47University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)46.1820.73
48Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom49.27330.20
49Columbia University → School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New York City, New York (United States)51.0820.25
50University of Southern California → Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles, California (United States)51.3230.72
51Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)51.3430.30
52University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom53.3550.89
53University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)53.7110.07
-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, Belgium54.4920.14
54World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)55.4951.10
55Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China55.4910.20
56National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore56.5410.32
57Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (United States)57.3810.23
58Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland58.3350.40
-Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) → ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), London, United Kingdom59.2460.52
59University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)59.7410.17
60Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria60.0110.14
61Universität Mannheim → Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Mannheim, Germany60.1060.83
-Purdue University → Mitch Daniels School of Business → Department of Economics, West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)60.9650.92
62Université Libre de Bruxelles → Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Bruxelles, Belgium62.3030.60
63University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)63.9310.14

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		1.61
2Claudia Goldin
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		3.53
3Marianne Bertrand
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		3.63
4Janet Currie
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		4.34
5Richard Blundell (Richard W. Blundell)
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom		4.77
6Alberto Alesina †7.21
7Claudia Olivetti
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)		8.61
8David E. Card10.11
9Robert 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)		10.46
10Raj Chetty
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		11.66
11Pierre 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		11.76
12Shelly Lundberg
University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)		12.13
13Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)		12.79
14Matthias Doepke
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom		15.69
15Adriana Lleras-Muney
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		16.50
16Melissa Schettini Kearney
University of Notre Dame → Department of Economics, South Bend, Indiana (United States)		18.79
17Barbara Petrongolo
Oxford University → Department of Economics, Oxford, United Kingdom		20.01
18Jeremy Greenwood
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		21.50
19Christopher Ruhm
University of Virginia → Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)		23.53
20Jason Fletcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison → Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin (United States)		24.12
21David Bloom
Harvard University → Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health → Department of Global Health and Population, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		25.03
22Ronald 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)		25.10
23Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)		25.86
24Kjell G Salvanes
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) → Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Bergen, Norway		27.97
25Sandra E. Black
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)		28.12
26David 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		28.59
27Michael Grossman30.42
28Robert Moffitt
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)		30.78
29Douglas Almond
Columbia University → School of Arts and Sciences → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)		30.96
30Costas Meghir
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		31.30
31Fabrizio Zilibotti
Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)		32.78
32Stefano DellaVigna
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		33.24
33Martha J. Bailey
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)		33.32
34Lawrence Kahn35.69
35Gregory Ponthiere
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM), Rennes/Caen, France		36.42
36David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		37.56
37Nezih Guner
Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Madrid, Spain		40.56
38Phillip B. Levine
Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)		42.76
39Edward Andrew Miguel
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)		42.90
40Oded Galor
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		43.96
41Raquel Fernandez44.01
42Sonia Bhalotra
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom		44.67
43Martin Eichenbaum
Northwestern University → Department of Economics, Evanston, Illinois (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)		44.83
44Zvi Eckstein
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) → School of Economics, Herzliya, Israel		45.41
45Jessica Pan
National University of Singapore (NUS) → Department of Economics, Singapore, Singapore		45.59
46Christian 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		48.27
47Daniela Del Boca
Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy		48.72
48Matthew James Wiswall
Johns Hopkins University → Department of Economics, Baltimore, Maryland (United States)		49.29
49Hilary 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)		49.52
50Andrea Weber
Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria		50.44
51Junsen Zhang
Zhejiang University → School of Economics, Hangzhou, China		52.11
52Heather North Royer
University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) → Department of Economics, Santa Barbara, California (United States)		52.47
53Romain 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)		52.79
54Daniel Aaronson
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		53.05
55David Figlio
University of Rochester → Economics Department, Rochester, New York (United States)		54.07
56José-Víctor Ríos-Rull (Jose-Victor Rios-Rull)
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics → Penn Institute for Economic Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		59.34
57Jere Richard Behrman
University of Pennsylvania → Department of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)		60.07
58Gordon B. Dahl
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) → Department of Economics, La Jolla, California (United States)		60.58
59Mariacristina De Nardi
University of Minnesota → Department of Economics, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)		60.94
60Anna Aizer
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)		62.87
61Libertad Gonzalez
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain		63.48
62Jennifer Hunt
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)		64.27
63Camille Landais
London School of Economics (LSE) → Economics Department, London, United Kingdom		66.01
64Jean-Marc Robin
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France		66.34
65Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (Alexia Fuernkranz-Prskawetz)
Technische Universität Wien → Institut für Stochastik und Wirtschaftsmathematik, Wien, Austria		67.54
66Hillel Rapoport
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France		68.23
67Hannes Schwandt
Northwestern University → Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Evanston, Illinois (United States)		68.46
68Martin Halla
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien → Department Volkswirtschaft, Wien, Austria		70.46
69Paul Gertler
University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)		71.59
70Magne Mogstad
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)		72.27
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