D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 58 Citations 21,133 151 World Ranking 558 National Ranking 379

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Unemployment
  • Statistics

Demographic economics, Demography, Parental leave, Labour economics and Family Leave are his primary areas of study. His Demographic economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Displaced workers, Wage, Operations management, Current Population Survey and Consumption. His studies in Demography integrate themes in fields like Overweight, Total mortality, Gerontology and Recession.

Christopher J. Ruhm has researched Parental leave in several fields, including Term of office, Law, Aggregate data, Value of life and Infant mortality. The various areas that Christopher J. Ruhm examines in his Labour economics study include Permanent income hypothesis, Disadvantaged, Process and Health policy. His work carried out in the field of Family Leave brings together such families of science as Developed country, Legislation and Negative relationship.

His most cited work include:

  • Are Recessions Good For Your Health (1344 citations)
  • ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY (623 citations)
  • The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates: Lessons from Europe (584 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Christopher J. Ruhm spends much of his time researching Demographic economics, Demography, Labour economics, Parental leave and Obesity. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Wage, Affect, Earnings, Physical health and Unemployment. His studies deal with areas such as National Longitudinal Surveys, Total mortality, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Socioeconomics as well as Demography.

The concepts of his Labour economics study are interwoven with issues in Job loss, Displaced workers and Pension. His Parental leave study also includes

  • Family Leave that intertwine with fields like Legislation and Work hours,
  • Subsidy together with Government. His Obesity study which covers Behavioral risk that intersects with Blood pressure.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Demographic economics (50.73%)
  • Demography (43.17%)
  • Labour economics (37.32%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Demography (43.17%)
  • Demographic economics (50.73%)
  • Mortality rate (12.93%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Christopher J. Ruhm focuses on Demography, Demographic economics, Mortality rate, Family Leave and Drug. Christopher J. Ruhm has included themes like Breastfeeding, National Longitudinal Surveys, Quartile and Obesity in his Demography study. In his study, Labour economics is inextricably linked to Work hours, which falls within the broad field of National Longitudinal Surveys.

The Demographic economics study combines topics in areas such as Workforce and Unemployment. His Unemployment research integrates issues from Business cycle and Recession. His study in Family Leave is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Disadvantaged and Parental leave.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Recessions, healthy no more? (163 citations)
  • Geographic variation in opioid and heroin involved drug poisoning mortality rates (89 citations)
  • Macroeconomic conditions and opioid abuse. (84 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Internal medicine

Christopher J. Ruhm mostly deals with Mortality rate, Demography, Demographic economics, Drug and Recession. His Demography research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Percentile, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Economic model. His Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System course of study focuses on Cigarette smoking and Obesity.

His Demographic economics research includes elements of Workforce, Ethnic group, Parental leave and Family Leave. His research integrates issues of Public health, Medical prescription, Confounding and Death certificate in his study of Drug. His research in Recession intersects with topics in Economic growth, Unemployment and Psychiatry.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Are Recessions Good For Your Health

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

2498 Citations

Are Recessions Good For Your Health

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

2498 Citations

The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates: Lessons from Europe

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)

1183 Citations

The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates: Lessons from Europe

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)

1183 Citations

Inequality in Preschool Education and School Readiness

Katherine A. Magnuson;Marcia K. Meyers;Christopher J. Ruhm;Jane Waldfogel.
American Educational Research Journal (2004)

1052 Citations

ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY

Eric A. Finkelstein;Christopher J. Ruhm;Katherine M. Kosa.
Annual Review of Public Health (2005)

1023 Citations

ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY

Eric A. Finkelstein;Christopher J. Ruhm;Katherine M. Kosa.
Annual Review of Public Health (2005)

1023 Citations

Healthy Living in Hard Times

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Journal of Health Economics (2005)

965 Citations

Healthy Living in Hard Times

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Journal of Health Economics (2005)

965 Citations

Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development

Christopher J. Ruhm.
Journal of Human Resources (2004)

935 Citations

Editorial Boards

Economics Letters
(Impact Factor: 1.469)

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Contact us

Best Scientists Citing Christopher J. Ruhm

Jane Waldfogel

Jane Waldfogel

Columbia University

Publications: 60

David Stuckler

David Stuckler

Bocconi University

Publications: 39

Margaret Burchinal

Margaret Burchinal

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications: 35

Mauricio Avendano

Mauricio Avendano

King's College London

Publications: 34

Sanjay Basu

Sanjay Basu

Harvard University

Publications: 26

Marc Suhrcke

Marc Suhrcke

University of York

Publications: 26

Robert C. Pianta

Robert C. Pianta

University of Virginia

Publications: 24

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Columbia University

Publications: 24

Lawrence M. Kahn

Lawrence M. Kahn

Cornell University

Publications: 24

Janet Currie

Janet Currie

Princeton University

Publications: 24

Albert N. Link

Albert N. Link

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Publications: 22

Rafael Lalive

Rafael Lalive

University of Lausanne

Publications: 22

Daniela Del Boca

Daniela Del Boca

University of Turin

Publications: 20

Greg J. Duncan

Greg J. Duncan

University of California, Irvine

Publications: 20

Jody Heymann

Jody Heymann

University of California, Los Angeles

Publications: 20

Steven D. Levitt

Steven D. Levitt

University of Chicago

Publications: 19

Trending Scientists

Michael Wirthlin

Michael Wirthlin

Brigham Young University

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan

University of Maryland, College Park

A.Y. Elghazouli

A.Y. Elghazouli

Imperial College London

Hamadi Attia

Hamadi Attia

University of Sfax

John A. McLean

John A. McLean

Vanderbilt University

Sami Boufi

Sami Boufi

University of Sfax

Hui Fang

Hui Fang

Dartmouth College

Mark E. Sorrells

Mark E. Sorrells

Cornell University

Karin Orsel

Karin Orsel

University of Calgary

Andrzej Ciereszko

Andrzej Ciereszko

Polish Academy of Sciences

Leigh Thompson

Leigh Thompson

Northwestern University

Robert P. Abelson

Robert P. Abelson

Yale University

Peter J.F. Snijders

Peter J.F. Snijders

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Lawrence L. Spriet

Lawrence L. Spriet

University of Guelph

Yukio Shimosato

Yukio Shimosato

National Cancer Research Institute, UK

Mark J. Devlin

Mark J. Devlin

University of Pennsylvania

Something went wrong. Please try again later.