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Björn Gustafsson

Björn Gustafsson

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
37
Citations
7464
World Ranking
2658
National Ranking
30

Björn Gustafsson 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 Björn Gustafsson sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 181 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Björn Gustafsson 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 Björn Gustafsson 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: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Björn Gustafsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily contributes to the social sciences, with a significant focus on sociology and political science, political science and international relations, general health professions, economics and econometrics, and demography.

Their recent work addresses a variety of topics including China's socioeconomic reforms and governance, income, poverty, and inequality, employment and welfare studies, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, migration and labor dynamics, retirement, disability, and employment, as well as urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gustafsson include Xiuna Yang, Terry Sicular, Haiyuan Wan, Torun Österberg, and Yudan Zhang.

Key publication venues where Gustafsson has contributed multiple works include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The China Quarterly
  • China Economic Review
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • China & World Economy

Some recent papers by Björn Gustafsson include:

  • Wage growth and inequality in urban China: 1988-2013, 2020, China Economic Review
  • Older immigrants - new poverty risk in Scandinavian welfare states?, 2021, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • Catching Up with the West: Chinese Pathways to the Global Middle Class, 2020, The China Journal

Additionally, Gustafsson has contributed to book publications, including the work titled Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • THE URBAN–RURAL INCOME GAP AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA

    Terry Sicular;Yue Ximing;Björn Gustafsson;Li Shi

  • The Urban-Rural Income Gap and Income Inequality in China

    Terry Sicular;Yue Ximing;Björn Gustafsson;Shi Li

  • Inequality and Public Policy in China

    Björn A. Gustafsson;Li Shi;Terry Sicular

  • Economic transformation and the gender earnings gap in urban China

    Björn Gustafsson;Shi Li

  • Poverty dynamics in eight countries

    Greg J. Duncan;Björn Gustafsson;Richard Hauser;Günther Schmauss

  • In Search of Smoking Guns: What Makes Income Inequality Vary over Time in Different Countries?

    Bjorn Gustafsson;Mats Johansson

  • Income inequality within and across counties in rural China 1988 and 1995

    Björn Gustafsson;Li Shi

  • The Ethnic Minority‐Majority Income Gap in Rural China during Transition*

    Björn Gustafsson;Li Shi

  • Poverty Remittances in Lesotho

    Björn Gustafsson;Negatu Makonnen

  • Expenditures on education and health care and poverty in rural China

    Björn Gustafsson;Shi Li

  • Temporary and Persistent Poverty among Ethnic Minorities and the Majority in Rural China

    Björn Gustafsson;Ding Sai

  • How and Why has Poverty in China Changed? A Study Based on Microdata for 1988 and 1995*

    Björn Gustafsson;Wei Zhong

  • THE DEGREE AND PATTERN OF INCOME IMMOBILITY IN SWEDEN

    Björn Gustafsson

  • At the Lower End of the Table: Determinants of Poverty among Immigrants to Denmark and Sweden

    Kræn Blume;Björn Gustafsson;Peder J. Pedersen;Mette Verner

  • Time use in child care and housework and the total cost of children.

    Björn Gustafsson;Urban Kjulin

  • The Anatomy of Rising Earnings Inequality in Urban China

    Björn Gustafsson;Li Shi

  • Villages where China's ethnic minorities live

    Bjorn Gustafsson;Ding Sai

  • Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China

    Björn Gustafsson;Shi Li;Hiroshi Sato

  • Di Bao Receipt and Its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

    Bjorn A Gustafsson;Deng Quheng

  • Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden

    Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Miles Corak;Björn Gustafsson;Björn Gustafsson;Torun Osterberg

  • Can a subjective poverty line be applied to China? Assessing poverty among urban residents in 1999

    Björn Gustafsson;Li Shi;Hiroshi Sato

Frequent Co-Authors

Miles Corak
Miles Corak City University of New York
Bo Vinnerljung
Bo Vinnerljung Stockholm University
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Peter Gottschalk
Peter Gottschalk Boston College
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Brian Nolan
Brian Nolan University of Oxford

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