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François Bourguignon

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Economics and Finance
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
71
Citations
32272
World Ranking
438
National Ranking
6

François Bourguignon 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 François Bourguignon sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 306 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

François Bourguignon 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 François Bourguignon 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: 71 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 1986 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

François Bourguignon is affiliated with the Paris School of Economics in France, where their research focuses primarily within the social sciences. Their scholarly work extensively covers topics in international development and aid, poverty, education, child welfare, income inequality, fiscal policy, economic growth, religion and development, as well as intergenerational and educational inequality studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Inequality bands: seventy-five years of measuring income inequality in Latin America, 2024, Oxford Open Economics
  • Should a Poverty-Averse Donor Always Reward Better Governance? A Paradox of Aid Allocation, 2020, The Economic Journal
  • Aid allocation: The role of external discipline, 2021, International Economics
  • On the social welfare interpretation of growth incidence curves, 2023, The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Inequality Bands: Seventy-Five Years of Measuring Income Inequality in Latin America, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Bourguignon has published frequently in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Oxford Open Economics
  • The Economic Journal
  • The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • International Economics

Their collaborations include multiple works with:

  • Jean-Philippe Platteau
  • Selim Raihan
  • Facundo Alvaredo
  • Francisco H. G. Ferreira
  • Nora Lustig

Bourguignon's book publications are associated with renowned presses, including Cambridge University Press for "Institutional Challenges at the Early Stages of Development" (2023) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for "Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable?: The Institutional Diagnostic Project" (2024).

Their research spans several subfields such as sociology and political science, development, safety research, economics and econometrics, and information systems. The interdisciplinary approach reflects an integration of economic analysis with social and institutional considerations.

Bourguignon's work has been recognized by professional societies, including election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1986 and as a Fellow of the European Economic Association.

Best Publications

  • The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty

    François Bourguignon;Satya R. Chakravarty

  • Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820-1992

    François Bourguignon;Christian Morrisson

  • DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES

    Francois Bourguignon

  • Incomes and Outcomes: A structural Model of Intra-Household Allocation

    Martin Browning;François Bourguignon;Pierre Chiappori;Valérie Lechene

  • The Poverty-growth-inequality triangle

    François Bourguignon

  • The Comparison of Multi-Dimensioned Distributions of Economic Status

    A. B. Atkinson;F. Bourguignon

  • Oligarchy, democracy, inequality and growth

    François Bourguignon;Thierry Verdier

  • SELECTION BIAS CORRECTIONS BASED ON THE MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL: MONTE CARLO COMPARISONS

    François Bourguignon;Martin Fournier;Marc Gurgand

  • Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil

    François Bourguignon;Francisco H. G. Ferreira;Marta Menéndez

  • The Globalization of Inequality

    François Bourguignon

  • Microsimulation as a Tool for Evaluating Redistribution Policies

    François Bourguignon;Amedeo Spadaro

  • Aid Effectiveness – Opening the Black Box

    François Bourguignon;Mark Sundberg

  • Inequality and development: the role of dualism

    François Bourguignon;Christian Morrisson

  • Conditional cash transfers, schooling, and child labor : micro-simulating Brazil's bolsa escola program

    Francois Bourguignon;Francisco H. G. Ferreira;Phillippe G. Leite

  • Income distribution, development and foreign trade: A cross-sectional analysis∗☆

    F. Bourguignon;C. Morrisson

  • Intra Household Allocation of Consumption: a Model and some Evidence from French Data

    F Bourguignon;PA Chiappori;M Browning;Lechene

  • Empirical studies of earnings mobility

    A. B. Atkinson;François Bourguignon;Christian Morrisson

  • The microeconomics of income distribution dynamics: in East Asia and Latin America

    Francisco H. G. Ferreira;Francois Bourguignon;Nora Lusting

  • Introduction: Income distribution and economics

    A.B. Atkinson;F. Bourguignon

  • Handbook of income distribution

    Anthony B Atkinson;Anthony B Atkinson;François Bourguignon

  • The growth elasticity of poverty reduction : explaining heterogeneity across countries and time periods

    François Bourguignon

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science
Thierry Verdier
Thierry Verdier Paris School of Economics
Jean-Philippe Platteau
Jean-Philippe Platteau University of Namur
Anthony B. Atkinson
Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science
Pierre-André Chiappori
Pierre-André Chiappori Columbia University
Satya R. Chakravarty
Satya R. Chakravarty Indian Statistical Institute
Holly Sutherland
Holly Sutherland University of Essex
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Finn E. Kydland
Finn E. Kydland Norwegian School of Economics
Gary S. Fields
Gary S. Fields Cornell University

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