2026 Alícia Adserà: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	27	1425	1299	714	629	88	5662

Overview

Alícia Adserà is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of social sciences, particularly within sociology, political science, demography, gender studies, health professions, and economics. The scientist's work spans various topics including family dynamics and relationships, migration and labor dynamics, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, demographic trends and gender preferences, employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics, and wage inequality.

Recent publications by Alícia Adserà include the following papers:

Estimating the value of democracy relative to other institutional and economic outcomes among citizens in Brazil, France, and the United States (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Does One Municipality Fit All? The Employment of Refugees in Norway Across Municipalities of Different Centrality and Size (2022), published in European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Alícia Adserà include:

Mariona Lozano
Marcela Valdivia
Andreu Arenas
Carles Boix
Ana Ferrer

Alícia Adserà has published multiple works in established academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research
Perspectives Demogràfiques
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale
European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie

The scientist's research has addressed social and demographic questions related to family ideals, migration, labor markets, and inequalities. Key papers contributing to these areas include:

Estimating the value of democracy relative to other institutional and economic outcomes among citizens in Brazil, France, and the United States (2023)
Does One Municipality Fit All? The Employment of Refugees in Norway Across Municipalities of Different Centrality and Size (2022)

Their scholarly work integrates perspectives from sociology, economics, and political science to explore how labor market conditions, migration contexts, and family structures interact with social and economic outcomes in different countries and demographic groups.

Best Publications

Are You Being Served? Political Accountability and Quality of Government

Alícia Adserà;Carles Boix;Mark Payne

1352
Citations
Changing fertility rates in developed countries. The impact of labor market institutions

Alícia Adserà

819
Citations
Trade, Democracy, and the Size of the Public Sector: The Political Underpinnings of Openness

Alicia Adsera;Carles Boix

579
Citations
The role of language in shaping international migration.

Alícia Adserà;Mariola Pytliková

437
Citations
Are there gender and country of origin differences in immigrant labor market outcomes across European destinations

Alicia Adsera;Alicia Adsera;Barry R. Chiswick

396
Citations
Where Are the Babies? Labor Market Conditions and Fertility in Europe

Alicia Adsera

391
Citations
Vanishing Children: From High Unemployment to Low Fertility in Developed Countries.

Alicia Adsera

372
Citations
Marital fertility and religion in Spain, 1985 and 1999.

Alicia Adsera

207
Citations
Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility

Alícia Adserà;Ana Ferrer

191
Citations
Fertility changes in Latin America in periods of economic uncertainty.

Alicia Adsera;Alicia Menendez

180
Citations
The Interplay of Employment Uncertainty and Education in explaining Second Births in Europe.

Alicia Adsera

149
Citations
Religion and changes in family-size norms in developed countries

Alicia Adsera

130
Citations
History and Coordination Failure

Alicia Adserà;Debraj Ray

115
Citations
An economic analysis of the gap between desired and actual fertility: The case of Spain

Alicia Adsera;Alicia Adsera

109
Citations
Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility

Alicia Adsera;Ana Ferrer

60
Citations
Are You Being Served? Political Accountability and Quality of Government

Alícia Adserà;Alícia Adserà;Alícia Adserà;Carles Boix;Mark Payne

56
Citations
Factors influencing the fertility choices of child immigrants in Canada

Alicia Adsera;Ana Ferrer

46
Citations
Language and Migration

Alícia Adserà;Mariola Pytliková

41
Citations
Son Preference and Children’s Housework: The Case of India

Tin-chi Lin;Alícia Adserà

33
Citations
Are You Being Served?: Political Accountability and Quality of Government

J. Mark Payne;Carles Boix;Alicia Adsera

33
Citations
Fertility Patterns of Child Migrants Age at Migration and Ancestry in Comparative Perspective

Alícia Adserà;Ana M. Ferrer;Wendy Sigle-Rushton;Ben Wilson

32
Citations
The Myth of Immigrant Women as Secondary Workers: Evidence from Canada.

Alícia Adserà;Ana M. Ferrer

29
Citations
Sectoral spillovers and the price of land: a cost analysis

Alı́cia Adserà

29
Citations
Occupational skills and labour market progression of married immigrant women in Canada

Alícia Adserà;Ana Ferrer

27
Citations
Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations

Alícia Adserà;Alícia Adserà;Alícia Adserà;Barry R. Chiswick;Barry R. Chiswick

24
Citations
The Fertility of Married Immigrant Women to Canada

Alícia Adserà;Ana Ferrer

23
Citations
Comparative Perspectives on International Migration and Child Well-Being

Alícia Adserà;Marta Tienda

17
Citations
Education and fertility in the context of rising inequality

Alícia Adserà

17
Citations
Age at migration, family instability, and timing of sexual onset.

Rachel E. Goldberg;Marta Tienda;Alícia Adserà

13
Citations
Reply to the note by Neuman 'Is fertility indeed related to religiosity?'

Alicia Adsera

10
Citations
The fertility of recent immigrants to Canada

Alícia Adserà;Ana M. Ferrer

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carles Boix Princeton University

Barry R. Chiswick George Washington University

Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Warren C. Sanderson Stony Brook University

Melinda Mills University of Oxford

Maria Testa University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Marta Tienda Princeton University

S. Philip Morgan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Simon J. Evenett IMD Business School

Debraj Ray New York University

External Links

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