2026 Christian Dustmann: 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	83	234	209	27	25	301	34866

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
2012 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Economics and Empirical Social Sciences

Overview

Christian Dustmann is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls under the broad category of social sciences, with a focus on subfields including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, general health professions, gender studies, and public administration.

Their main research areas cover several topics related to migration and labor, including:

Migration and Labor Dynamics
Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Firm Innovation and Growth
Employment and Welfare Studies
Economic Policies and Impacts

Christian Dustmann has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries (2020) published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries (2020) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation (2022) published in The Review of Economic Studies
Technological and Organizational Change and the Careers of Workers (2023) published in Journal of the European Economic Association
Sources of Wage Growth (2022) published in Journal of Political Economy

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors including:

Hyejin Ku
Uta Schönberg
Jacob Nielsen Arendt
Rasmus Landersø
Jérôme Adda

Regular publication venues for Christian Dustmann include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Political Economy
The Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Labor Economics

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as:

Member of Academia Europaea (2013)
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2012), under the category Economics and Empirical Social Sciences

Best Publications

Revisiting the German Wage Structure

Christian Dustmann;Johannes Ludsteck;Uta Schönberg

1572
Citations
From Sick Man of Europe to Economic Superstar: Germany's Resurgent Economy

Christian Dustmann;Bernd Fitzenberger;Uta Schönberg;Alexandra Spitz-Oener

1520
Citations
Language proficiency and labour market performance of immigrants in the UK

Christian Dustmann;Francesca Fabbri

1232
Citations
Wages, experience and seniority

Christian Dustmann;Costas Meghir

1028
Citations
The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages

Christian Dustmann;Tommaso Frattini;Ian P. Preston

995
Citations
Speaking Fluency, Writing Fluency and Earnings of Migrants

Christian Dustmann

977
Citations
The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-migration

Christian Dustmann;Oliver Kirchkamp

975
Citations
Return migration : Theory and empirical evidence from the UK

Christian Dustmann;Yoram Weiss

888
Citations
Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Christian Dustmann;Ian P Preston

826
Citations
The Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK

Christian Dustmann;Tommaso Frattini;Tommaso Frattini

775
Citations
Return migration, wage differentials, and the optimal migration duration

Christian Dustmann

770
Citations
The Economic Situation of First and Second‐Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom*

Yann Algan;Christian Dustmann;Albrecht Glitz;Allan Manning

759
Citations
The Impact of Immigration on the British Labour Market

Christian Dustmann;Francesca Fabbri;Ian Preston

743
Citations
Parental background, secondary school track choice, and wages

Christian Dustmann

723
Citations
The career costs of children

Jerome Frans Adda;Christian Dustmann;Katrien Stevens

687
Citations
Wages, Experience and Seniority

Christian Dustmann;Costas Meghir

649
Citations
From Sick Man of Europe to Economic Superstar: Germany's Resurgent Economy

Christian Dustmann;Bernd Fitzenberger;Uta Schönberg;Alexandra Spitz-Oener

630
Citations
Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities

David Card;Christian Dustmann;Ian Preston

617
Citations
Language and the Earnings of Immigrants

Christian Dustmann;Arthur Van Soest

594
Citations
Return migration: the European experience

Christian Dustmann

575
Citations
Migration and Education

Christian Dustmann;Albrecht Glitz

539
Citations
Labor Supply Shocks, Native Wages, and the Adjustment of Local Employment

Christian Dustmann;Uta Schönberg;Jan Stuhler

496
Citations
Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes

Christian Dustmann;Uta Schönberg

464
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Preston University College London

Arthur van Soest Tilburg University

Costas Meghir Yale University

Alan Manning London School of Economics and Political Science

David Card University of California, Berkeley

Bernd Fitzenberger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Jean-Marc Robin Sciences Po

Xin Meng Australian National University

Yoram Weiss Tel Aviv University

Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science

External Links

Personal website of Christian Dustmann Google Scholar page

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