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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
104
Citations
52150
World Ranking
76
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2013 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Janet Currie is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within health and social sciences with a strong focus on health professions and social sciences broadly. The main fields of study include Health Professions and Social Sciences, supported by significant work in associated subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse

Janet Currie has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Harvard Dataverse, AEA Papers and Proceedings, JAMA, and Fiscal Studies. The publication record highlights interdisciplinary connections between economics, health, and social policy.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Changes in the Relationship Between Income and Life Expectancy Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, California, 2015-2021, 2022, JAMA
  • Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics and Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • The Evolution of Mortality Inequality in 11 OECD Countries: Introduction, 2021, Fiscal Studies
  • Child health as human capital, 2020, Health Economics
  • Understanding Doctor Decision Making: The Case of Depression Treatment, 2020, Econometrica

Janet Currie's collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Maya Rossin-Slater, Michael Mueller-Smith, Hannes Schwandt, Jonathan Zhang, and James Banks, reflecting collaborative research efforts across health and economic disciplines.

Their contributions to the academic community are also reflected in various recognitions. Awards include membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2019), fellowship in the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2014), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014), the Econometric Society (2013), the National Academy of Medicine (2013), and a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis.

    Douglas Almond;Janet Marion Currie

  • Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development

    Janet Currie

  • HEALTH, HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE LABOR MARKET

    Janet Currie;Brigitte C. Madrian

  • Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from College Openings

    Janet Marion Currie;Enrico Moretti

  • Longer-Term Effects of Head Start

    Eliana Garces;Duncan Thomas;Janet Marion Currie

  • Human Capital Development Before Age Five

    Douglas Almond;Janet Currie

  • Early childhood education programs

    Janet Marion Currie

  • Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn from California's Recent Experience?

    Janet Currie;Matthew Neidell

  • Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health

    Janet Currie;Jonathan Gruber

  • Does Head Start Make a Difference

    Janet Currie;Duncan Thomas

  • The Take-Up of Social Benefits

    Janet Currie

  • Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II

    Douglas V. Almond;Janet M. Currie;Valentina Duque

  • Saving Babies: The Efficacy and Cost of Recent Changes in the Medicaid Eligibility of Pregnant Women

    Janet Currie;Jonathan Gruber

  • Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-being

    Janet Marion Currie;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass

    Janet Currie Currie;Reed Walker Walker

  • Socioeconomic Status and Child Health: Why Is the Relationship Stronger for Older Children?

    Janet Currie;Mark Stabile

  • Is the Impact of Health Shocks Cushioned by Socioeconomic Status? The Case of Low Birthweight

    Janet Currie;Rosemary Hyson

  • Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD

    Janet Currie;Mark B Stabile

  • Poverty, food insecurity, and nutritional outcomes in children and adults.

    Jayanta Bhattacharya;Janet Currie;Steven Haider

  • Pre-School, Day Care, and After-School Care: Who's Minding the Kids?

    David Blau;Janet Currie

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Neidell
Matthew Neidell Columbia University
Douglas Almond
Douglas Almond Columbia University
Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya Stanford University
Steven G. Rivkin
Steven G. Rivkin Amherst College
Thomas DeLeire
Thomas DeLeire Georgetown University
Leslie L. Roos
Leslie L. Roos University of Manitoba
Irwin Garfinkel
Irwin Garfinkel Columbia University
Cathy Spatz Widom
Cathy Spatz Widom City University of New York
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization

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