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D-Index
41
Citations
13860
World Ranking
2122
National Ranking
1224

Finis Welch 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 Finis Welch sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 99 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Finis Welch 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 Finis Welch 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: 41 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Finis Welch was affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research career included contributions to the field of labor economics and econometrics, as recognized by multiple professional honors.

Welch was a recipient of the Jacob Mincer Award from the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE) in 2007. This award highlights notable contributions to labor economics. They were also named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990 and became a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1980.

The available data does not list specific papers published by Welch or co-authors they frequently collaborated with. No details on book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or specific research topics were noted.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of the economics of education

    Eric Alan Hanushek;Finis Welch;Stephen Machin;Ludger Woessmann

  • Education in Production

    F. Welch

  • The Structure of Wages

    Kevin M. Murphy;Finis Welch

  • Black Economic Progress after Myrdal

    James P Smith;Finis R Welch

  • Effects of Cohort Size on Earnings: The Baby Boom Babies' Financial Bust

    Finis Welch

  • Empirical Age-Earnings Profiles

    Kevin M. Murphy;Finis Welch

  • Earnings of Hispanic Men: The Role of English Language Proficiency

    Walter McManus;William Gould;Finis Welch

  • The Panel Study of Income Dynamics after Fourteen Years: An Evaluation

    Sean Becketti;William Gould;Lee Lillard;Finis Welch

  • Trends in Labor Force Transitions of Older Men and Women

    Franco Peracchi;Finis Welch

  • Wage Premiums for College Graduates Recent Growth and Possible Explanations

    Kevin Murphy;Finis Welch

  • Do Sex Preferences Really Matter

    Yoram Ben-Porath;Finis Welch

  • What Do We Really Know About Wages: The Importance of Nonreporting and Census Imputation

    Lee Lillard;James Smith;Finis Welch

  • Employment and the 1990-1991 Minimum-Wage Hike

    Donald Deere;Kevin M Murphy;Finis Welch

  • Black-White Differences in Returns to Schooling

    Finis Welch

  • In Defense of Inequality

    Finis Welch

  • MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES

    Finis Welch

  • Closing the Gap: Forty Years of Economic Progress for Blacks

    James P. Smith;Finis R. Welch

  • Affirmative Action and Labor Markets

    James P. Smith;Finis Welch

  • Black-White Male Wage Ratios: 1960-1970.

    James P. Smith;Finis Welch

  • Growth in Women's Relative Wages and in Inequality among Men: One Phenomenon or Two?

    Finis Welch

  • Myth and Measurement: The New Economies of the Minimum Wage

    Finis Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University
Kevin M. Murphy
Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago
Eric A. Hanushek
Eric A. Hanushek Hoover Institution
Lee A. Lillard
Lee A. Lillard RAND Corporation
Steven G. Rivkin
Steven G. Rivkin Amherst College
Robert H. Topel
Robert H. Topel University of Chicago
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Alan B. Krueger
Alan B. Krueger Princeton University
Ludger Woessmann
Ludger Woessmann Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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