2026 John Haltiwanger: 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	104	82	72	67	58	514	56384

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
2020 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
1973 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

John Haltiwanger is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a total of 75 publications recorded in this domain. Within this broad area, their work involves several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, and Marketing.

Their research focuses on a variety of topics, such as:

Firm Innovation and Growth
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Economic Growth and Productivity
Global trade and economics
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Several frequent co-authors collaborate with Haltiwanger, including Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, Emin Dinlersoz, James R. Spletzer, and Cheryl Grim.

They have published in a wide range of venues, with their work appearing notably in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Papers and Proceedings
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
American Economic Review

Recent papers by John Haltiwanger include:

Entrepreneurship in the twenty-first century, 2021, Small Business Economics
Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks versus Responsiveness, 2020, American Economic Review
Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
How Tight Is the US Labor Market?, 2020, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?, 2023, AEA Papers and Proceedings

In recognition of their academic contributions, Haltiwanger received the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in 2020. They have also been named Fellows of the Econometric Society since 1973.

Best Publications

Job Creation and Destruction

Steven J. Davis;John C. Haltiwanger;Scott Schuh

3620
Citations
Who Creates Jobs? Small versus Large versus Young

John Haltiwanger;Ron S. Jarmin;Javier Miranda

3132
Citations
Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency : Selection on Productivity or Profitability?

Lucia Foster;John Haltiwanger;Chad Syverson

3028
Citations
Gross Job Creation, Gross Job Destruction, and Employment Reallocation

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger

2751
Citations
Aggregate Productivity Growth: Lessons from Microeconomic Evidence

Lucia Foster;John C. Haltiwanger;C. J. Krizan

2371
Citations
Aggregate Productivity Growth: Lessons from Microeconomic Evidence

John Haltiwanger;C.J. Krizan;Lucia Foster

2038
Citations
Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection

Eric J Bartelsman;John C Haltiwanger;Stefano Scarpetta

1788
Citations
On the Nature of Capital Adjustment Costs

Russell W. Cooper;John C. Haltiwanger

1751
Citations
The Role of Entrepreneurship in US Job Creation and Economic Dynamism

Ryan Decker;John Haltiwanger;Ron Jarmin;Javier Miranda

1577
Citations
Gross job flows

Steven Davis;John Haltiwanger

1165
Citations
Small business and job creation: Dissecting the myth and reassessing the facts

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;Scott Schuh

1111
Citations
Sectoral job creation and destruction responses to oil price changes

Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;John Haltiwanger

1056
Citations
Aggregate Employment Dynamics: Building From Microeconomic Evidence

Ricardo J Caballero;Eduardo M.R.A. Engel;John Haltiwanger

951
Citations
Gross Job Creation and Destruction: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications

Steve J. Davis;John Haltiwanger

940
Citations
Gross Job Creation and Destruction: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger

936
Citations
The Dynamics of Industrial Competition: A North American Perspective

John R. Baldwin;Paul Gorecki;Richard E. Caves;Tim Dunne

919
Citations
Labor Market Fluidity and Economic Performance

Steven J Davis;John Haltiwanger

828
Citations
Machine Replacement and the Business Cycle: Lumps and Bumps

Russell Cooper;John Haltiwanger;Laura Power

828
Citations
Microeconomic evidence of creative destruction in industrial and developing countries

Eric J. Bartelsman;Eric J. Bartelsman;Eric J. Bartelsman;John Haltiwanger;John Haltiwanger;Stefano Scarpetta;Stefano Scarpetta

786
Citations
How Firms Respond to Business Cycles: The Role of Firm Age and Firm Size

Teresa C Fort;John Haltiwanger;Ron S Jarmin;Javier Miranda

750
Citations
Job Creation and Destruction

Steven Davis;John Haltiwanger;Scott Schuh

726
Citations
Plant-Level Adjustment and Aggregate Investment Dynamics

Ricardo J. Caballero;Eduardo M. R. A. Engel;John C. Haltiwanger;Michael Woodford

693
Citations
The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links

Steven J. Davis;R. Jason Faberman;John Haltiwanger

686
Citations
Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded versus Privately Held Firms [with Comments and Discussion]

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;Ron Jarmin;Javier Miranda

632
Citations
The Establishment-Level Behavior of Vacancies and Hiring

Steven J. Davis;R. Jason Faberman;John C. Haltiwanger

604
Citations
Aggregate Productivity Growth: Lessons from Microeconomic Evidence

Lucia Foster;John C Haltiwanger;John C Haltiwanger;C. J Krizan

391
Citations
Replication data for: Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection

Eric Bartelsman;John Haltiwanger;Stefano Scarpetta

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Davis Hoover Institution

Ron S. Jarmin United States Census Bureau

Javier Miranda Halle Institute for Economic Research

Russell Cooper Pennsylvania State University

Julia Lane New York University

Stefano Scarpetta Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development

Maurice Kugler George Mason University

Adriana D. Kugler Georgetown University

Katharine G. Abraham University of Maryland, College Park

Josh Lerner Harvard University

External Links

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