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D-Index
45
Citations
9961
World Ranking
1741
National Ranking
1029

Dean Yang 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 Dean Yang sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 180 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dean Yang 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 Dean Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 55th percentile

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

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

Overview

Dean Yang is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their main field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Demography, and Safety Research.

Their research covers a range of topics such as Migration and Labor Dynamics, Taxation and Compliance Studies, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, Agricultural Risk and Resilience, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, and Religion and Society Interactions.

Dean Yang has published multiple papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and US Immigration" (2020) in American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Subsidies and the African Green Revolution: Direct Effects and Social Network Spillovers of Randomized Input Subsidies in Mozambique" (2021) in American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Religious Festivals and Economic Development: Evidence from the Timing of Mexican Saint Day Festivals" (2022) in American Economic Review
  • "Aspirations and financial decisions: Experimental evidence from the Philippines" (2022) in Journal of Development Economics
  • "Knowledge, stigma, and HIV testing: An analysis of a widespread HIV/AIDS program" (2022) in Journal of Development Economics

Dean Yang frequently publishes at venues such as AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Harvard Dataverse, and American Economic Journal Applied Economics.

Coauthors who have collaborated with Dean Yang on multiple occasions include James E. Allen, Arlete Mahumane, James Riddell, Hang Yu, and Tanya Rosenblat.

Dean Yang has also contributed to book publications with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. Titles include "Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines" (2021) and "Field and Natural Experiments in Migration" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

    Sharon L Maccini;Dean Yang

  • International Migration, Remittances and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants’ Exchange Rate Shocks*

    Dean Yang

  • Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines

    Dean Yang;HwaJung J. Choi

  • Insurance, credit, and technology adoption : field experimental evidence from Malawi.

    Xavier Giné;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Coping with disaster: The impact of hurricanes on international financial flows, 1970-2002

    Dean Yang

  • Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis

    Albert Francis Park;Dean Yang;Xinzheng Shi;Yuan Jiang

  • Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks

    Dean Yang

  • Commitments to save : a field experiment in rural Malawi

    Lasse Brune;Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang

  • International migration, human capital, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Philippine migrants' exchange rate shocks

    Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Facilitating Savings for Agriculture: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi

    Lasse Brune;Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang

  • Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks

    David McKenzie;Caroline Theoharides;Dean Yang

  • Commitments to Save: A Field Experiment in Rural Malawi

    Lasse Brune;Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Savings in Transnational Households: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador

    Nava Ashraf;Diego Aycinena;A Claudia Martínez;Dean Yang

  • Remittances and Poverty in Migrants’ Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines

    Dean Yang;A Claudia Martínez

  • Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

    Sharon Maccini;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices

    Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Daniel Silverman;Dean Yang

  • Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies

    David McKenzie;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Can Enforcement Backfire? Crime Displacement in the Context of Customs Reform in the Philippines

    Dean Yang

  • Credit Market Consequences of Improved Personal Identification: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi

    Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang

  • Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador

    A. Claudia Martínez;Nava Ashraf;Diego Aycinena;Dean Yang

  • Experimental approaches in migration studies

    David McKenzie;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration

    Parag Mahajan;Dean Yang

  • Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks †

    David McKenzie;Caroline Theoharides;Dean Yang

  • Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants%U2019 Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks

    Dean Yang;Dean Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Giné
Xavier Giné World Bank
Michael R. Carter
Michael R. Carter University of California, Davis
Albert Francis Park
Albert Francis Park Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
David I. Levine
David I. Levine University of California, Berkeley
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Francesco Quatraro
Francesco Quatraro University of Turin
Marco Vivarelli
Marco Vivarelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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