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George Psacharopoulos

George Psacharopoulos

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
63
Citations
25370
World Ranking
681
National Ranking
429

George Psacharopoulos 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 George Psacharopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 245 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George Psacharopoulos 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 George Psacharopoulos 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: 63 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

George Psacharopoulos is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Economics and Econometrics, Education, Sociology and Political Science, Modeling and Simulation, and Safety Research.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

George Psacharopoulos has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures in Earnings and Income across the World, 2021, Comparative Education Review
  • Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Lost Wages: The Covid-19 Cost of School Closures, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: the Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods, 2020, Applied Economics
  • Returns to education: a brief history and an assessment, 2024, Education Economics

They have also contributed to book publications, including one titled "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures" published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2020.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George Psacharopoulos include:

  • Harry Anthony Patrinos
  • Victoria Collis
  • Emiliana Vegas
  • Aysıt Tansel
  • H. Battu

Their work has appeared regularly in several scholarly venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Comparative Education Review
  • Applied Economics
  • Education Economics

Best Publications

  • Returns to investment in education: A global update

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to investment in education: a further update

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Returns to education : a further international update and implications

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Education for Development: An Analysis of Investment Choices

    George Psacharopoulos;Maureen Woodhall

  • Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru – An empirical analysis

    Harry Anthony Patrinos;George Psacharopoulos

  • The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education

    Richard Layard;George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to education : an updated international comparison

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to investment in education : a decennial review of the global literature

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Child labor versus educational attainment: some evidence from Latin America.

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to education: An international comparison

    George Psacharopoulos;Keith Hinchliffe

  • Returns to investment in education

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Educational performance and child labor in Paraguay

    Harry Anthony Patrinos;George Psacharopoulos

  • Financing education in developing countries : an exploration of policy options

    Emmanuel Jimenez;George Psacharopoulos;Tan Jee-Peng

  • Human Capital and Rates of Return

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • The trade‐off between child labour and human capital formation: A Tanzanian case study

    Hideo Akabayashi;George Psacharopoulos

  • The task force on higher education and society

    Philip Altbach;David Bloom;Richard Hopper;George Psacharopoulos

  • Economics of education : research and studies

    Mark Blaug;George Psacharopoulos

  • Human Capital and Rates of Return

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies

    Alan Marin;George Psacharopoulos

  • Female labor force participation : an international perspective

    George Psacharopoulos;Zafiris Tzannatos

  • Achievement Evaluation of Colombia's "Escuela Nueva": Is Multigrade the Answer?

    George Psacharopoulos;Carlos Rojas;Eduardo Velez

  • Returns to Investment in Education: A Decennial Review of the Global Literature

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry A. Patrinos

Frequent Co-Authors

Aysit Tansel
Aysit Tansel Middle East Technical University
Mark Blaug
Mark Blaug University of Amsterdam
Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science
Philip G. Altbach
Philip G. Altbach Boston College
Gary S. Fields
Gary S. Fields Cornell University
David E. Bloom
David E. Bloom Harvard University

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