2026 Alain de Janvry: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	87	202	184	147	131	400	29603

Overview

Alain de Janvry is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, based in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Social Sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields including General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's work concentrates on key topics such as Agricultural risk and resilience, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Public Policy and Administration Research, and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Recent publications include the following:

Using agriculture for development: Supply- and demand-side approaches (2020) published in World Development
Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand (2020) published in American Economic Review
Rules for Recovery: Impact of Indexed Disaster Funds on Shock Coping in Mexico (2020) published in American Economic Journal Applied Economics
Subjective Performance Evaluation, Influence Activities, and Bureaucratic Work Behavior: Evidence from China (2023) published in American Economic Review
Introducing quality certification in staple food markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Four conditions for successful implementation (2021) published in Food Policy

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
American Economic Review
American Economic Journal Applied Economics
Food Policy
World Development

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Élisabeth Sadoulet
Guojun He
Shaoda Wang
Qiong Zhang
Manaswini Rao

Best Publications

World development report 2008 : agriculture for development

Robert Townsend;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain De Janvry;Derek Byerlee

5104
Citations
Quantitative development policy analysis

Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain De Janvry

2336
Citations
The agrarian question and reformism in Latin America

Alain De Janvry

2312
Citations
Peasant Household Behaviour with Missing Markets: Some Paradoxes Explained.

Alain de Janvry;Marcel Fafchamps;Elisabeth Sadoulet

2287
Citations
Income Strategies Among Rural Households in Mexico: The Role of Off-farm Activities

Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

943
Citations
Transactions Costs and Agricultural Household Supply Response

Nigel Key;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain De Janvry

901
Citations
Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Alain de. Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

672
Citations
Agriculture for Development: Toward a New Paradigm

Derek Byerlee;Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

580
Citations
Attitudes Toward Risk Among Peasants: An Econometric Approach

Edgardo Moscardi;Alain de Janvry

532
Citations
Sri Lanka - Can conditional cash transfer programs serve as safety nets in keeping children at school and from working when exposed to shocks?

Alain de Janvry;Frederico Finan;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Renos Vakis

532
Citations
The Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Knowledge and Productivity: A Study of Potato Farmers in the Peruvian Andes

Erin M. Godtland;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain de Janvry;Rinku Murgai

497
Citations
Delinking Land Rights from Land Use: Certification and Migration in Mexico

Alain de Janvry;Kyle Emerick;Marco Gonzalez-Navarro;Elisabeth Sadoulet

480
Citations
Social Networks and the Decision to Insure

Jing Cai;Alain De Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

475
Citations
The roles of destination, gender, and household composition in explaining remittances: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra

Bénédicte de la Brière;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain de Janvry;Sylvie Lambert

468
Citations
Cash Transfer Programs with Income Multipliers: PROCAMPO in Mexico

Elisabeth Sadoulet;Alain de Janvry;Benjamin Davis

454
Citations
Technological Innovations, Downside Risk, and the Modernization of Agriculture

Kyle Emerick;Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet;Manzoor H. Dar

440
Citations
Making Conditional Cash Transfer Programs More Efficient : Designing for Maximum Effect of the Conditionality

Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

412
Citations
Rural poverty in Latin America: Determinants and exit paths

Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

364
Citations
Access to land and land policy reforms

Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

354
Citations
A Conceptual Framework for the Empirical Analysis of Peasants

Carmen Diana Deere;Alain de Janvry

344
Citations
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NETWORKS IN MEXICO-U.S. MIGRATION

Paul C. Winters;Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

327
Citations
Agriculture for Development

Alain de Janvry;Elisabeth Sadoulet

91
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley

Paul Winters University of Notre Dame

Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University

Matin Qaim University of Bonn

Craig McIntosh University of California, San Diego

David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley

Derek Byerlee Georgetown University

Peter Lanjouw Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Michael R. Carter University of California, Davis

Benjamin Davis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

External Links

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