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D-Index
50
Citations
10969
World Ranking
1376
National Ranking
153

Ian Walker 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 Ian Walker sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 218 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Walker 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 Ian Walker 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: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ian Walker is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within social sciences and economics, with a significant focus on economics, econometrics, and finance. The subfields of study include economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, education, demography, and strategy and management.

The scientist's work centers around main topics such as fiscal policy and economic growth, higher education research studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, migration, aging and tourism studies, economic growth and productivity, and public-private partnership projects.

Walker has contributed to multiple publication venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Labour Economics
  • Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
  • Social Science & Medicine

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • How much does degree choice matter?, 2022, Labour Economics
  • The Impacts of Free Universal Elderly Care on the Supply of Informal Care and Labour Supply*, 2021, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
  • Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • COVID-19 vaccination intentions and subsequent uptake: An analysis of the role of marginalisation in society using British longitudinal data, 2023, Social Science & Medicine
  • The Graduate Wage and Earnings Premia and the Role of Non-Cognitive Skills, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

They have also contributed to book publications under the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, including:

  • Honduras Jobs Diagnostic, 2020
  • Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts, 2020

Frequent collaborators with whom Walker has co-authored multiple works include:

  • Bruce Hollingsworth
  • Asako Ohinata
  • Matteo Picchio
  • David A. Robalino
  • José Manuel Romero Tenorio

Best Publications

  • The Returns to Education: Microeconomics

    Colm Harmon;Hessel Oosterbeek;Ian Walker

  • Estimates of the economic return to schooling for the United Kingdom

    Colm Harmon;Ian Walker

  • Estimates of the economic return to schooling for the United Kingdom

    Ian Walker;Colm Harmon

  • Estimates of the economic return to schooling for 28 countries

    Philip Trostel;Ian Walker;Paul Woolley

  • The impact of parental income and education on the schooling of their children

    Arnaud Chevalier;Colm Harmon;Vincent Oâ Sullivan;Ian Walker

  • The college wage premium and the expansion of higher education in the UK

    Ian Walker;Yu Zhu

  • Education and earnings in Europe : a cross country analysis of the returns to education

    Colm Harmon;Ian Walker;Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

  • DOES EDUCATION RAISE PRODUCTIVITY, OR JUST REFLECT IT?*

    Arnaud Chevalier;Colm Harmon;Ian Walker;Yu Zhu

  • A Life-Cycle Consistent Empirical Model of Family Labour Supply Using Cross-Section Data

    Richard Blundell;Ian Walker

  • Differences by degree: Evidence of the net financial rates of return to undergraduate study for England and Wales

    Ian Walker;Yu Zhu

  • Modelling the joint determination of household labour supplies and commodity demands

    Richard Blundell;Ian Walker

  • The welfare effects of lotto: evidence from the UK

    Lisa Farrell;Ian Walker

  • Modelling the Take-up of Means-Tested Benefits: The Case of Housing Benefits in the United Kingdom

    R Blundell;Fry;I Walker

  • A Time Series Analysis of U.K. Lottery Sales: Long and Short Run Price Elasticities

    Lisa Farrell;Edgar Morgenroth;Ian Walker

  • Estimates of the economic return to schooling for the UK

    Harmon Harmon;Ian Walker

  • THE LABOUR SUPPLY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF LONE MOTHERS IN IN‐WORK TRANSFER PROGRAMMES*

    Paul Bingley;Ian Walker

  • The Returns to the Quantity and Quality of Education: Evidence for Men in England and Wales

    Colm Harmon;Ian Walker

  • Education and Work

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  • Education, earnings and productivity - recent UK evidence

    Ian Walker;Yu Zhu

  • The measurement of household welfare

    Richard Blundell;Ian Preston;Ian Walker

  • The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Schooling of their Children

    Arnaud Chevalier;Colm P. Harmon;Vincent O'Sullivan;Ian Walker

  • Estimates of Economic Return to Schooling in the UK

    Colm Harmon;Ian Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell University College London
Anna Vignoles
Anna Vignoles Leverhulme Trust
A. B. P. Lever
A. B. P. Lever York University
Ian Preston
Ian Preston University College London
Greg Kaplan
Greg Kaplan University of Chicago
Lorraine Dearden
Lorraine Dearden University College London
Andrew J. Oswald
Andrew J. Oswald University of Warwick
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Frank Windmeijer
Frank Windmeijer University of Bristol
Michael Daly
Michael Daly National University of Ireland, Maynooth

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