2026 Francine D. Blau: 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	67	526	471	345	302	211	34042

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
2017 - Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE)
2010 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Overview

Francine D. Blau is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant emphasis on economics, econometrics, and finance. The main subjects covered include employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, migration and labor dynamics, gender, labor, and family dynamics, as well as impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and demographic trends.

Their work is published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic venues. Notably, these include: SSRN Electronic Journal, Business Economics, Journal of Population Economics, AEA Papers and Proceedings, and Review of Economics of the Household.

Their recent papers include the following:

"Who are the essential and frontline workers?" (2021) in Business Economics
"Is there still son preference in the United States?" (2020) in Journal of Population Economics
"Culture and gender allocation of tasks: source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants" (2020) in Review of Economics of the Household
"The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap" (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal
"Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial" (2020) in AEA Papers and Proceedings (co-authored)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Lawrence M. Kahn, Matthew Comey, Pamela Meyerhofer, Amanda Eng, and Alexander Willén.

Their academic contributions span several subfields such as economics and econometrics, general health professions, gender studies, sociology and political science, and modeling and simulation. These interdisciplinary interests inform a broad perspective on workforce, gender-related labor issues, and demographic economic trends.

Francine D. Blau has received multiple awards throughout their career, including:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2018)
Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE) (2017)
IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor (2010)
Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2005)

Best Publications

The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

3746
Citations
The economics of women, men, and work

Francine D. Blau;Marianne A. Ferber;Anne E. Winkler

3328
Citations
Gender Differences in Pay

Francine Blau;Lawrence Kahn

2257
Citations
International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions versus Market Forces

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

2157
Citations
Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980–2000

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

1844
Citations
Swimming Upstream: Trends in the Gender Wage Differential in the 1980s

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

1321
Citations
Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

1235
Citations
Maternal Labor Supply and Children's Cognitive Development

Francine D Blau;Adam J Grossberg

1159
Citations
The U.S. Gender Pay Gap in the 1990S: Slowing Convergence

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

968
Citations
International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions versus Market Forces

Francine Blau;Lawrence Kahn

941
Citations
Trends in the Well-Being of American Women, 1970-1995

Francine D Blau

836
Citations
The Gender Earnings Gap: Learning from International Comparisons

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

827
Citations
Wage Structure and Gender Earnings Differentials: an International Comparison

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

755
Citations
The Gender Pay Gap

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

747
Citations
Female Labor Supply: Why Is the United States Falling Behind? †

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

728
Citations
Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

627
Citations
Black-White Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition

Francine D. Blau;John W. Graham

616
Citations
Labor market institutions and demographic employment patterns

Giuseppe Bertola;Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

564
Citations
Maternal Labor Supply and Children's Cognitive Development

Francine Blau;Adam Grossberg

548
Citations
Race and Sex Differences in Quits by Young Workers

Francine D. Blau;Lawrence M. Kahn

472
Citations
New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires

Francine D. Blau;Jed Devaro

467
Citations
Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970–2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System

Francine D Blau;Peter Brummund;Albert Yung-Hsu Liu

466
Citations
The Economics of Women, Men, and Work.

Marjorie Honig;Francine D. Blau;Marianne A. Ferber

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence M. Kahn Cornell University

Giuseppe Bertola University of Turin

Janet Currie Princeton University

Jane Waldfogel Columbia University

Rachel Croson University of Minnesota

Ronald G. Ehrenberg Cornell University

Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine

Klaus F. Zimmermann Maastricht University

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