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D-Index
40
Citations
10889
World Ranking
2240
National Ranking
1281

Basit Zafar 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 Basit Zafar sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 103 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Basit Zafar 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 Basit Zafar sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Basit Zafar is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, gender studies, accounting, and education.

Their scholarly output reveals concentrated work in topics such as gender, labor, and family dynamics; labor market dynamics and wage inequality; financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis; work-family balance challenges; experimental behavioral economics studies; family dynamics and relationships; and economic and environmental valuation.

Basit Zafar has published research in several notable venues, including:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Public Economics

Their recent papers illustrate a range of interests and collaborations. These include:

  • "COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "The impact of COVID-19 on student experiences and expectations: Evidence from a survey," 2020, Journal of Public Economics
  • "Expectations with Endogenous Information Acquisition: An Experimental Investigation," 2020, The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • "What Would You Do with $500? Spending Responses to Gains, Losses, News, and Loans," 2020, The Review of Economic Studies
  • "Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab," 2023, The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Basit Zafar frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors including Andreas Fuster, Ester Faia, Vincenzo Pezone, Jessica Pan, and Gizem Koşar.

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries.

    Julio S. Solís Arce;Shana S. Warren;Niccolò F. Meriggi;Alexandra Scacco

  • Determinants of College Major Choice: Identification using an Information Experiment

    Matthew Wiswall;Basit Zafar

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey.

    Esteban M Aucejo;Jacob F French;Maria Paola Ugalde Araya;Basit Zafar

  • College Major Choice and the Gender Gap

    Basit Zafar

  • PREFERENCE FOR THE WORKPLACE, INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL, AND GENDER.

    Matthew Wiswall;Basit Zafar

  • Personal Experiences and Expectations about Aggregate Outcomes

    Theresa Kuchler;Basit Zafar

  • Financial Education and the Debt Behavior of the Young

    Meta Brown;John Grigsby;Wilbert van der Klaauw;Jaya Wen

  • Educational Assortative Mating and Household Income Inequality

    Lasse Eika;Magne Mogstad;Magne Mogstad;Magne Mogstad;Basit Zafar

  • INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND BEHAVIOR: DO SURVEY RESPONDENTS ACT ON THEIR BELIEFS?

    Olivier Armantier;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Giorgio Topa;Wilbert van der Klaauw

  • Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labour Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender

    Ernesto Reuben;Matthew Wiswall;Basit Zafar

  • Home price expectations and behaviour: Evidence from a randomized information experiment

    Luis Armona;Andreas Fuster;Basit Zafar

  • How Do College Students Form Expectations

    Basit Zafar

  • How Do College Students Respond to Public Information about Earnings

    Matthew Wiswall;Basit Zafar

  • What Would You Do With $500? Spending Responses to Gains, Losses, News and Loans

    Andreas Fuster;Greg Kaplan;Basit Zafar

  • The Price Is Right: Updating Inflation Expectations in a Randomized Price Information Experiment

    Olivier Armantier;Scott Nelson;Giorgio Topa;Wilbert van der Klaauw

  • Intended college attendance: Evidence from an experiment on college returns and costs

    Zachary Bleemer;Basit Zafar

  • An Overview of the Survey of Consumer Expectations

    Olivier Armantier;Giorgio Topa;Wilbert van der Klaauw;Basit Zafar

  • Home price expectations and behavior: evidence from a randomized information experiment

    Luis Armona;Andreas Fuster;Basit Zafar

  • Measuring Inflation Expectations

    Olivier Armantier;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Simon Potter;Giorgio Topa

  • University Choice: The Role of Expected Earnings, Nonpecuniary Outcomes, and Financial Constraints

    Adeline Delavande;Adeline Delavande;Basit Zafar;Basit Zafar

  • Financial aid, debt management, and socioeconomic outcomes: Post-college effects of merit-based aid

    Judith Scott-Clayton;Basit Zafar

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilbert Van der Klaauw
Wilbert Van der Klaauw Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Giorgio Topa
Giorgio Topa Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Magne Mogstad
Magne Mogstad University of Chicago
Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Wändi Bruine de Bruin University of Southern California
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
Thomas F. Crossley
Thomas F. Crossley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joachim Winter
Joachim Winter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mike Brewer
Mike Brewer University of Essex
Michaela Benzeval
Michaela Benzeval University of Essex
Greg Kaplan
Greg Kaplan University of Chicago

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