2026 Jere R. Behrman: 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	105	76	66	62	53	537	45109

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
1980 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jere R. Behrman is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a focus on intersections between education, health, and child development. Their research spans several significant subfields including safety research, education, nutrition and dietetics, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and sociology and political science.

The scientist has authored numerous papers published in a range of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Lancet, Demography, Economics of Education Review, and Child Development.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Jere R. Behrman include:

Global estimates of the implications of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures for children's instructional access, development, learning, and economic wellbeing, 2021, Child Development
Hospital nurse staffing and patient outcomes in Chile: a multilevel cross-sectional study, 2021, The Lancet Global Health
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital, 2022, The Lancet
Group Sessions or Home Visits for Early Childhood Development in India: A Cluster RCT, 2020, PEDIATRICS
The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries, 2023, Nature

Jere R. Behrman's research has engaged with several main topics within the child and family welfare domain:

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Birth, Development, and Health
Early Childhood Education and Development
School Choice and Performance
Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Global Maternal and Child Health

Collaborative research features regularly in their career. Frequent co-authors include Linda Richter, Chunling Lu, Hans-Peter Kohler, Alan Stein, and Emily Hannum.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications. Notable works include:

Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries, published by Cambridge University Press, 2022
Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology, published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, 2024

Jere R. Behrman's career has been recognized by fellowships such as the Fellows of the Econometric Society awarded in 1980 and the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1979.

Best Publications

Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world

Patrice L Engle;Maureen M Black;Jere R Behrman;Meena Cabral de Mello

1613
Citations
Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries

Patrice L. Engle;Lia C. H. Fernald;Harold Alderman;Jere Behrman

1321
Citations
Returns to Birthweight

Jere R. Behrman;Mark R. Rosenzweig

1294
Citations
Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults

John Hoddinott;John A Maluccio;Jere R Behrman;Rafael Flores

1213
Citations
Health and nutrition

Jere Behrman;Anil Deolalikar

1164
Citations
Does Increasing Women's Schooling Raise the Schooling of the Next Generation?

Jere R. Behrman;Mark R. Rosenzweig

1064
Citations
Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development

Linda M Richter;Bernadette Daelmans;Joan Lombardi;Jody Heymann

1049
Citations
Intrahousehold distribution and the family

Jere R. Behrman

956
Citations
How Financial Literacy Affects Household Wealth Accumulation

Jere R. Behrman;Olivia S. Mitchell;Cindy K. Soo;David Bravo

931
Citations
The impact of improving nutrition during early childhood on education among Guatemalan adults.

John A. Maluccio;John Hoddinott;Jere R. Behrman;Reynaldo Martorell

836
Citations
Parental Preferences and Provision for Progeny

Jere R. Behrman;Robert A. Pollak;Paul Taubman

813
Citations
The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction

John Hoddinott;Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Lawrence Haddad

728
Citations
Will Developing Country Nutrition Improve with Income? A Case Study for Rural South India

Jere R. Behrman;Anil B. Deolalikar

682
Citations
Progressing through PROGRESA: An Impact Assessment of a School Subsidy Experiment in Rural Mexico

Jere R. Behrman;Piyali Sengupta;Petra Todd

658
Citations
INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION OF NUTRIENTS IN RURAL INDIA: ARE BOYS FAVORED? DO PARENTS EXHIBIT INEQUALITY AVERSION?

Jere R. Behrman

655
Citations
Endowments and the Allocation of Schooling in the Family and in the Marriage Market: The Twins Experiment

Jere R. Behrman;Mark R. Rosenzweig;Paul Taubman

636
Citations
Child Health and School Enrollment: A Longitudinal Analysis

Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Victor Lavy;Rekha Menon

591
Citations
Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood

John Hoddinott;Jere R Behrman;John A Maluccio;Paul Melgar

576
Citations
Supply response in underdeveloped agriculture; a case study of four major annual crops in Thailand, 1937-1963.

Jere R. Behrman

570
Citations
Attrition in longitudinal household survey data - some tests for three developing-country samples

Harold Alderman;Jere R. Behrman;Hans-Peter Kohler;John A. Maluccio

567
Citations
Women's Schooling, Home Teaching, and Economic Growth

Jere R. Behrman;Andrew D. Foster;Mark R. Rosenweig;Prem Vashishtha

551
Citations
Handbook of development economics

Hollis Burnley Chenery;T. N. Srinivasan;Jere R. Behrman;T. Paul Schultz

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania

Harold Alderman International Food Policy Research Institute

John Hoddinott Cornell University

Petra E. Todd University of Pennsylvania

John A. Maluccio Middlebury College

Paul Taubman University of Pennsylvania

Mark R. Rosenzweig Yale University

Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles

Lia C. H. Fernald University of California, Berkeley

Anil B. Deolalikar University of California, Riverside

External Links

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