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Emmanuel Skoufias

Emmanuel Skoufias

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
52
Citations
15381
World Ranking
1240
National Ranking
748

Emmanuel Skoufias 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 Emmanuel Skoufias sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 154 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emmanuel Skoufias 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 Emmanuel Skoufias 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: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Emmanuel Skoufias is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and social sciences. Their work often focuses on areas such as agricultural risk and resilience, child nutrition and water access, poverty, education, and child welfare.

The scientist has published research across several notable venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • World Development
  • Journal of African Economies
  • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk
  • Economics of Disasters and Climate Change

Among recent papers authored by Emmanuel Skoufias are:

  • "Can we rely on VIIRS nightlights to estimate the short-term impacts of natural hazards? Evidence from five South East Asian countries," 2021, Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk
  • "Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters: The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines," 2020, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
  • "Estimating poverty rates in subnational populations of interest: An assessment of the Simple Poverty Scorecard," 2020, World Development
  • "Child stature, maternal education, and early childhood development in Nigeria," 2021, PLoS ONE

Emmanuel Skoufias collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Katja Vinha
  • Eric Strobl
  • Varun Kshirsagar
  • Thomas Tveit
  • Berhe Mekonnen Beyene

They have contributed to book publications primarily with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks and its Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks imprint. Some titles include:

  • "Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-Prone Lowlands of Ethiopia," 2021
  • "World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk," 2020
  • "Adaptive Safety Nets for Rural Africa: Drought-Sensitive Targeting with Sparse Data," 2020
  • "Child Stature, Maternal Education, and Early Childhood Development," 2020
  • "Realizing Demographic Dividends in the Republic of Congo," 2020
  • "The Welfare Cost of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2024
  • "Sustaining Poverty Gains: A Vulnerability Map to Guide the Expansion of Social Registries," 2024

Their research areas span several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Soil Science
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science

Best Publications

  • Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty

    Ariel Fiszbein;Norbert Schady;Francisco H.G. Ferreira;Margaret Grosh

  • Risk, Financial Markets, and Human Capital in a Developing Country

    Hanan G. Jacoby;Emmanuel Skoufias

  • Economic Crises and Natural Disasters: Coping Strategies and Policy Implications

    Emmanuel Skoufias

  • PROGRESA and Its Impacts on the Welfare of Rural Households in Mexico

    Emmanuel Skoufias

  • The Impact of PROGRESA on Food Consumption

    John Hoddinott;Emmanuel Skoufias

  • Using Shadow Wages to Estimate Labor Supply of Agricultural Households

    Emmanuel Skoufias

  • Redistributing income to the poor and the rich : public transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Kathy Lindert;Emmanuel Skoufias;Joseph Shapiro

  • Targeting the Poor in Mexico: An Evaluation of the Selection of Households into PROGRESA

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Benjamin Davis;Sergio de la Vega

  • Conditional Cash Transfers and Their Impact on Child Work and Schooling: Evidence from the PROGRESA Program in Mexico

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Susan Wendy Parker

  • Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Vincenzo Di Maro

  • THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON WORK, LEISURE AND TIME ALLOCATION; FINAL REPORT

    Susan W. Parker;Emmanuel Skoufias

  • PROGRESA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND WELFARE OF HOUSEHOLD IN RURAL MEXICO: A SYNTHESIS OF THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION BY IFPRI

    Emmanuel Skoufias

  • IS PROGRESA WORKING? SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION BY IFPRI

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Bonnie McClafferty

  • Consumption insurance and vulnerability to poverty : a synthesis of the evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Russia

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Agnes R. Quisumbing

  • Household Resources, Transaction Costs, and Adjustment through Land Tenancy

    Emmanuel Skoufias

  • An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA

    Hielke Buddelmeyer;Emmanuel Skoufias

  • THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON CONSUMPTION: A FINAL REPORT

    John Hoddinott;Emmanuel Skoufias;Ryan Washburn

  • Testing Theories of Consumption Behavior Using Information on Aggregate Shocks: Income Seasonality and Rainfall in Rural India

    Hanan G. Jacoby;Hanan G. Jacoby;Emmanuel Skoufias

  • The poverty impacts of climate change : a review of the evidence

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Mariano Rabassa;Sergio Olivieri

  • Job loss and family adjustments in work and schooling during the Mexican peso crisis

    Emmanuel Skoufias;Susan W. Parker

  • Labor market opportunities and intrafamily time allocation in rural households in South Asia

    Emmanuel Skoufias

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science
Agnes R. Quisumbing
Agnes R. Quisumbing International Food Policy Research Institute
Norbert Schady
Norbert Schady World Bank
Eric Strobl
Eric Strobl University of Bern
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
John Hoddinott
John Hoddinott Cornell University
Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen University of Groningen
Marcel Fafchamps
Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania

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