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Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
8703
World Ranking
4684
National Ranking
48

Giovanni Andrea Cornia 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 Giovanni Andrea Cornia sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 202 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giovanni Andrea Cornia 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 Giovanni Andrea Cornia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Giovanni Andrea Cornia is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed to several areas within economics and social sciences. Their research primarily focuses on economic theory and policy, income, poverty, and inequality, as well as economic growth and productivity.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences

Their subfields of study are:

  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Information Systems

Main topics addressed in Giovanni Andrea Cornia's publications include:

  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Economic theories and models
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • International Development and Aid
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Giovanni Andrea Cornia are:

  • "COVID-19 and Children, in the North and in the South", 2020, Innocenti discussion paper
  • "Sub-Saharan Africa's Diverging Inequality Trends, 1991-2011: A Structuralist Interpretation", 2020, Revue d'économie du développement
  • "Is Rising Inequality Unavoidable in a Globalizing Economy Characterized by Rapid Technical Change?", 2020, Indian Journal of Labour Economics
  • "Inequality and Capabilities in an Era of Rising Instability", 2023, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Simone Bertoli
  • Luca Bortolotti
  • Bruno Martorano
  • Donato Romano
  • Marco Sanfilippo

Giovanni Andrea Cornia has also contributed to academic book publications. Publishers of their work include:

  • Firenze University Press, with the book "La Politica Economica dei Paesi in via di Sviluppo" published in 2022
  • Oxford University Press, with the book "The Macroeconomics of Developing Countries" published in 2020
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, publishing "La Politica Economica dei Paesi in via di Sviluppo" in 2022

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • Revue d'économie du développement
  • Innocenti discussion paper
  • Indian Journal of Labour Economics
  • Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

Best Publications

  • Adjustment with a human face Vol. I: protecting the vulnerable and promoting growth.

    Cornia Ga;Jolly R;Stewart F

  • Globalism and the new regionalism

    Björn Hettne;András Inotai;Osvaldo Sunkel;Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Farm size, land yields and the agricultural production function: An analysis for fifteen developing countries

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Two Errors of Targeting

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Frances Stewart

  • Causes of the Russian mortality crisis: evidence and interpretations.

    Vladimir M. Shkolnikov;Giovanni A. Cornia;David A. Leon

  • Globalization and health: results and options

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Falling Inequality in Latin America: Policy Changes and Lessons

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Inequality Trends and Their Determinants: Latin America over the Period 1990–2010 *

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Trends in income distribution in the post- World War II period: Evidence and interpretation

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Sampsa Kiiski

  • Income Distribution under Latin America’s New Left Regimes

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Liberalization, Globalization and Income Distribution

    G.A. Cornia

  • The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Renato Paniccià

  • Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries

    Roberto De Vogli;Ritesh Mistry;Roberto Gnesotto;Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Africa’s Recovery in the 1990s: From Stagnation and Adjustment to Human Development

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Rolph van der Hoeven;P. Thandika Mkandawire;John De St. Jorre

  • Informal Institutions, Social Capital, and Economic Transition: Reflections on a Neglected Dimension

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Vladimir Popov

  • A New Fiscal Pact, Tax Policy Changes and Income Inequality: Latin America during the last decade

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Juan Carlos Gómez-Sabaini;Bruno Martorano

  • The Impact of World Recession on Children

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Richard Jolly

  • From Adjustment to Development in Africa: Conflict, Controversy, Convergence, Consensus?

    Ann Seidman;Giovanni Andrea Cornia;Gerald K. Helleiner

  • Income Distribution Policies For Faster Poverty Reduction

    Tony Addison;Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Poverty, food consumption, and nutrition during the transition to the market economy in Eastern

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

  • Inequality Trends and their Determinants: Latin America over 1990-2011

    G.A. Cornia

  • Liberalization, globalization and income distribution

    Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Frequent Co-Authors

Frances Stewart
Frances Stewart University of Oxford
Gerald K. Helleiner
Gerald K. Helleiner University of Toronto
Tony Addison
Tony Addison World Institute for Development Economics Research
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov Max Planck Society
Sheldon Danziger
Sheldon Danziger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ronald M. Andersen
Ronald M. Andersen University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa A. Gennetian
Lisa A. Gennetian Duke University
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eldar Shafir
Eldar Shafir Princeton University
Roberta Sessoli
Roberta Sessoli University of Florence

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