2026 Isaac Ehrlich: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	35	2847	2579	1574	1383	94	19258

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Economics and Finance

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2579

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19258

Overview

Isaac Ehrlich is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields within economics, social sciences, and related disciplines.

The main fields of study in Ehrlich's work include Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Within these broader categories, the scientist focuses on specific subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, General Health Professions, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their research topics prominently feature Migration and Labor Dynamics, Economic Growth and Productivity, Financial Literacy, Pension and Retirement Analysis, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Global Trade and Economics, Housing Market and Economics, and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Ehrlich has contributed articles to various academic journals, often publishing in venues like the SSRN Electronic Journal, Asian Development Review, and the Journal of Human Capital. Other venues include Psychiatric Services and arXiv (Cornell University).

Human Capital as Engine of Growth: The Role of Knowledge Transfers in Promoting Balanced Growth within and across Countries (2020, Asian Development Review)
Endogenous Immigration, Human and Physical Capital Formation, and the Immigration Surplus (2021, Journal of Human Capital)
A Cross-Country Comparison of Old-Age Financial Readiness in Asian Countries versus the United States: The Case of Japan and the Republic of Korea (2022, Asian Development Review)
Preliminary Assessment of a Novel Continuum-of-Care Model for Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2020, Psychiatric Services)
Human Capital as Engine of Growth the Role of Knowledge Transfers in Promoting Balanced Growth within and across Countries (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Ehrlich has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Yun Pei, Yong Yin, Michael R. Cummings, Steven Dubovsky, and Sevie Kandefer.

Best Publications

Participation in Illegitimate Activities: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

Isaac Ehrlich

4064
Citations
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection

Isaac Ehrlich;Isaac Ehrlich;Gary S. Becker

2757
Citations
The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Question of Life and Death

Isaac Ehrlich

2588
Citations
Crime, Punishment, and the Market for Offenses

Isaac Ehrlich

1390
Citations
An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking

Isaac Ehrlich;Richard A. Posner

1336
Citations
Bureaucratic Corruption and Endogenous Economic Growth

Isaac Ehrlich;Francis T. Lui

856
Citations
Intergenerational Trade, Longevity, and Economic Growth

Isaac Ehrlich;Francis T. Lui

819
Citations
A Model of the Demand for Longevity and the Value of Life Extension

Isaac Ehrlich;Hiroyuki Chuma

553
Citations
Productivity Growth and Firm Ownership: An Analytical and Empirical Investigation

Isaac Ehrlich;Georges Gallais-Hamonno;Zhiqiang Liu;Randall Lutter

447
Citations
Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Some Further Thoughts and Additional Evidence

Isaac Ehrlich

399
Citations
On the Usefulness of Controlling Individuals: An Economic Analysis of Rehabilitation, Incapacitation, and Deterrence

Isaac Ehrlich

348
Citations
The Deterrent Effect of Criminal Law Enforcement

Isaac Ehrlich

345
Citations
On the Relation between Education and Crime

Isaac Ehrlich

312
Citations
The problem of population and growth: a review of the literature from Malthus to contemporary models of endogenous population and endogenous growth.

Isaac Ehrlich;Francis Lui

291
Citations
The Derived Demand for Advertising: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

Isaac Ehrlich;Lawrence Fisher

211
Citations
Social security and demographic trends: Theory and evidence from the international experience

Isaac Ehrlich;Jinyoung Kim

190
Citations
Deterrence: Evidence and Inference

Isaac Ehrlich

183
Citations
Participation in Illegitimate Activities: An Economic Analysis

Isaac Ehrlich

171
Citations
The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: Reply

Isaac Ehrlich

164
Citations
The Problem of Development: Introduction

Isaac Ehrlich

162
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago

Richard A. Posner University of Chicago

Gary S. Becker University of Chicago

Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Barry Smith University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Brenda S. A. Yeoh National University of Singapore

Sergei Scherbov International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Wolfgang Lutz University of Trier

Marcia C. Castro Harvard University

Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge

External Links

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