2026 Alan de Brauw: 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	42	2055	1857	1194	1053	207	8783

Alan de Brauw publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan de Brauw sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 207 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Alan de Brauw D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan de Brauw sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan de Brauw is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans several interrelated fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Within these domains, they have a strong focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, Safety Research, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research primarily addresses themes related to Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Child Nutrition and Water Access, impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Agricultural risk and resilience, and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Alan de Brauw has published work in multiple venues, notably:

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
SSRN Electronic Journal
Food Security
Food Policy
BIO Web of Conferences

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include Kate Ambler, Erwin Bulte, Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Inge D. Brouwer, and Elise F. Talsma.

Their publications include recent papers such as:

Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa, 2021, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations, 2021, Food Security
Migration, labor and women's empowerment: Evidence from an agricultural value chain in Bangladesh, 2021, World Development
Metrics to analyze and improve diets through food Systems in low and Middle Income Countries, 2020, Food Security
Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program, 2020, Health Economics

They have also authored a book published by Springer International Publishing titled African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development (2021).

Best Publications

THE EVOLUTION OF CHINA'S RURAL LABOR MARKETS DURING THE REFORMS

Alan de Brauw;Jikun Huang;Scott Rozelle;Linxiu Zhang

951
Citations
Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China

J. Edward Taylor;Scott Rozelle;Alan de Brauw

925
Citations
The Evolution of China's Rural Labor Markets During the Reforms

Alan de Brauw;Jikun Huang;Scott Rozelle;Linxiu Zhang

534
Citations
Must conditional cash transfer programs be conditioned to be effective? The impact of conditioning transfers on school enrollment in Mexico

Alan de Brauw;John Hoddinott

440
Citations
The Evolution of China's Rural Labor Markets during the Reforms

Alan de Brauw;Jikun Huang;Scott Rozelle;Linxiu Zhang

394
Citations
The Role of Rural–Urban Migration in the Structural Transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa

Alan de Brauw;Valerie Mueller;Hak Lim Lee

360
Citations
Migration and Household Investment in Rural China

Alan De Brauw;Scott Rozelle

357
Citations
A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes among children and women

Christine Hotz;Cornelia Loechl;Alan de Brauw;Patrick Eozenou

327
Citations
The Impact of Bolsa Família on Women’s Decision-Making Power

Alan de Brauw;Daniel O. Gilligan;John Hoddinott;Shalini Roy

290
Citations
Reconciling the Returns to Education in Off-Farm Wage Employment in Rural China

Alan de Brauw;Scott Rozelle

255
Citations
Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China

Alan De Brauw;John T. Giles

251
Citations
Seasonal Migration and Improving Living Standards in Vietnam

Alan de Brauw;Tomoko Harigaya

236
Citations
Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China

Alan De Brauw;John T. Giles

216
Citations
China's rural labor market development and its gender implications

Linxiu Zhang;Alan De Brauw;Scott Rozelle

200
Citations
Working until You Drop: The Elderly of Rural China

Lihua Pang;Alan de Brauw;Scott Rozelle

178
Citations
Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa.

Kalle Hirvonen;Alan de Brauw;Gashaw T. Abate

170
Citations
Migration and the overweight and underweight status of children in rural China

Alan de Brauw;Ren Mu

152
Citations
Feminization of Agriculture in China? Myths Surrounding Women's Participation in Farming

Alan de Brauw;Qiang Li;Chengfang Liu;Scott Rozelle

151
Citations
Biofortification, crop adoption and health information: Impact pathways in Mozambique and Uganda

Alan de Brauw;Patrick Eozenou;Daniel O. Gilligan;Christine Hotz

151
Citations
Measuring risk attitudes among Mozambican farmers

Alan de Brauw;Patrick Eozenou

145
Citations
Seasonal Migration and Agricultural Production in Vietnam

Alan De Brauw

144
Citations
Social network effects on mobile money adoption in Uganda

Conrad Murendo;Meike Wollni;Alan de Brauw;Nicholas Mugabi

138
Citations
The Impact of Bolsa Família on Schooling

Alan de Brauw;Daniel O. Gilligan;John Hoddinott;John Hoddinott;Shalini Roy

128
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Rozelle Stanford University

John Hoddinott Cornell University

John Giles World Bank

Linxiu Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research

Jikun Huang Peking University

John Gibson University of Waikato

Nicholas Minot International Food Policy Research Institute

J. Edward Taylor University of California, Davis

Corinna Hawkes City, University of London

External Links

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