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Geeta Kingdon publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geeta Kingdon sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 98 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Geeta Kingdon D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geeta Kingdon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Geeta Kingdon is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus within the social sciences. Their work primarily addresses issues related to education, safety research, sociology, political science, and health professions, with a significant emphasis on the subfield of education.

The scientist's notable research topics include:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Innovations in Educational Methods
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Social and Economic Development in India
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality

Geeta Kingdon has contributed extensively to academic literature, with publications appearing in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Development Studies
  • The World Bank Economic Review
  • The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kingdon include:

  • "The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review" (2020), The Journal of Development Studies
  • "Inequality in Internet Access in India: Implications for Learning During COVID" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?" (2023), The World Bank Economic Review
  • "Has Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in Rural India Fallen Over Time? A Comparison of 1995 and 2017" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators working alongside Kingdon include:

  • Sandip Datta
  • Supreet Kaur
  • Heather Schofield
  • Christina M. Brown
  • Christina L. Brown

Best Publications

  • School Participation in Rural India

    Jean Drèze;Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • The progress of school education in India

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • The Millennium Development Goals: a cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015

    Jeff Waage;Rukmini Banerji;Oona Campbell;Ephraim Chirwa

  • Unemployment in South Africa: The Nature of the Beast

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;John Knight

  • Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;John Knight

  • THE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION: A CASE‐STUDY OF URBAN INDIA†

    Geeta Kingdon

  • Unemployment in South Africa 1995-2003: Causes, Problems and Policies

    Geeta Kingdon;John Knight

  • Where Has All the Bias Gone? Detecting Gender Bias in the Intrahousehold Allocation of Educational Expenditure

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  • Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • Subjective Well-being Poverty versus Income Poverty and Capabilities Poverty?

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;John Knight

  • Education and Women's Labour Market Outcomes in India

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;Jeemol Unni

  • Are Girls the Fairer Sex in India? Revisiting Intra-Household Allocation of Education Expenditure

    Mehtabul Azam;Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • Parental Education and Child Health—Understanding the Pathways of Impact in Pakistan

    Monazza Aslam;Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • The Gender Gap in Educational Attainment in India: How Much Can Be Explained?

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  • The Changing Pattern of Wage Returns to Education and Its Implications

    Christopher Colclough;Geeta Kingdon;Harry Patrinos

  • Teacher Unions, Teacher Pay and Student Performance in India: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach

    Geeta Kingdon;Francis Teal

  • Race and the Incidence of Unemployment in South Africa

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;John Knight

  • Gender and household education expenditure in Pakistan

    Monazza Aslam;Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • The measurement of unemployment when unemployment is high

    Geeta Kingdon;John Knight

  • The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

  • Does performance related pay for teachers improve student performance? Some evidence from India

    Geeta Gandhi Kingdon;Francis Teal

  • What can teachers do to raise pupil achievement

    Monazza Aslam;Geeta Kingdon

Frequent Co-Authors

John Knight
John Knight University of Oxford
Francis Teal
Francis Teal University of Oxford
Måns Söderbom
Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg
Anne Mills
Anne Mills London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Viroj Tangcharoensathien
Viroj Tangcharoensathien Ministry of Public Health
Jean Drèze
Jean Drèze University of Delhi
Andrew Dorward
Andrew Dorward School of Oriental and African Studies

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