2026 James P. Ziliak: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	45	3868	3567	1840	1665	155	8760

Overview

James P. Ziliak is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines with a strong emphasis on economics and health-related social sciences. The scientist's research has been published primarily in areas intersecting economics, health, and social policy.

Their research is concentrated within the fields of:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Health Professions

Further, their subfields of study include:

General Health Professions
Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science

Key research topics covered by James P. Ziliak encompass:

Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Employment and Welfare Studies
Global Health Care Issues
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Among their recent published papers are:

Food Hardship during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Great Recession (2020) in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Income inequality in the United States, 1975-2022 (2024) in Fiscal Studies
COVID-19 and the US Safety Net (2020) in Fiscal Studies
Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence (2021) in Journal of Political Economy
Income Inequality, Race, and the EITC (2022) in National Tax Journal

James P. Ziliak frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

Mónica Costa Dias (12 publications)
Robert Moffitt (9 publications)
Charles Hokayem (7 publications)
Christopher R. Bollinger (6 publications)
James Cloyne (5 publications)

The most common venues in which this scientist publishes are:

Fiscal Studies (10 publications)
SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (4 publications)
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (3 publications)
National Tax Journal (2 publications)

Best Publications

Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes

Craig Gundersen;James P. Ziliak

1948
Citations
Efficient Estimation With Panel Data When Instruments Are Predetermined: An Empirical Comparison of Moment-Condition Estimators

James P. Ziliak

374
Citations
Accounting for the decline in AFDC caseloads: Welfare reform or the economy?

James P. Ziliak;David N. Figlio;Elizabeth E. Davis;Laura S. Connolly

301
Citations
Food Insecurity Research in the United States: Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go

Craig Gundersen;James P Ziliak

289
Citations
The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data

Thomas J. Kniesner;W. Kip Viscusi;Christopher Woock;James P. Ziliak

238
Citations
Welfare Reform, the Business Cycle, and the Decline in AFDC Caseloads

David N. Figlio;James Patrick Ziliak

211
Citations
The Rural-Urban Interface: New Patterns of Spatial Interdependence and Inequality in America:

Daniel T. Lichter;James P. Ziliak

202
Citations
Estimating Life Cycle Labor Supply Tax Effects

James P. Ziliak;Thomas J. Kniesner

190
Citations
Poverty and macroeconomic performance across space, race, and family structure.

Craig Gundersen;James Patrick Ziliak

188
Citations
Childhood Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Trends, Causes, and Policy Options

Craig Gundersen;James P. Ziliak

188
Citations
Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Gender and Promotion in the Economics Profession

John M. McDowell;Larry D. Singell;James P. Ziliak

180
Citations
Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life: New evidence from panel data quantile regressions

Thomas J. Kniesner;Thomas J. Kniesner;W. Kip Viscusi;James P. Ziliak

178
Citations
Trouble in the Tails? What We Know about Earnings Nonresponse Thirty Years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch

Christopher R. Bollinger;Barry T. Hirsch;Charles M. Hokayem;James P. Ziliak

172
Citations
Earnings volatility in America: Evidence from matched CPS☆

James P. Ziliak;Bradley Hardy;Christopher Bollinger

169
Citations
Gender and Promotion in the Economics Profession

John M. McDowell;Larry D. Singell;James P. Ziliak

154
Citations
Performance-based wages in tax collection: The Brazilian tax collection reform and its effects

Charles M. Kahn;Emilson C. D. Silva;James P. Ziliak

146
Citations
Food Stamp Caseloads over the Business Cycle

James P. Ziliak;Craig Gundersen;David N. Figlio

146
Citations
Do Welfare Asset Limits Affect Household Saving? Evidence from Welfare Reform

Erik Hurst;James P. Ziliak

146
Citations
Tax Reform and Automatic Stabilization

Thomas J. Kniesner;James P. Ziliak

141
Citations
The importance of sample attrition in life cycle labor supply estimation

Thomas J Kniesner;James P Ziliak

139
Citations
COVID-19 and the Economy

James Cloyne;Monica Costa Dias;Matthias Parey;James P. Ziliak

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Gundersen Baylor University

External Links

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