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Julián Messina

Julián Messina

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
34
Citations
5625
World Ranking
3091
National Ranking
39

Julián Messina publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julián Messina sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 98 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Julián Messina D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julián Messina sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Julián Messina is affiliated with the University of Alicante in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences and economics, with notable contributions in the fields of sociology and political science as well as economics and econometrics. Their work addresses several key topics, including income, poverty, and inequality, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, gender, labor and family dynamics, economic theory and policy, work-family balance challenges, poverty, education and child welfare, and agricultural risk and resilience.

Messina has contributed to a range of recent publications exploring economic and social issues in Latin America and beyond. Recent papers include Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, PLoS ONE), Labor Market Experience and Falling Earnings Inequality in Brazil: 1995-2012 (2021, The World Bank Economic Review), Firm-Level Shocks and Labour Flows (2020, The Economic Journal), The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs? (2025, The World Bank Economic Review), and Inequality and market power in Latin America and the Caribbean (2025, Oxford Open Economics).

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Matías Busso, Ana María Ibáñez, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, and Anastasia Terskaya.

Messina's research contributions have been published in various scholarly venues. The most frequent publication venues are SSRN Electronic Journal, The World Bank Economic Review, Oxford Open Economics, PLoS ONE, and The Economic Journal.

In addition to journal articles, Messina has authored a book published by Inter-American Development Bank eBooks titled Emerging from the Pandemic Tunnel with Faster Growth and Greater Equity: A Strategy for a New Social Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean (2020).

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Gender Studies
  • Safety Research

  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Agricultural risk and resilience

  • Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Labor Market Experience and Falling Earnings Inequality in Brazil: 1995-2012 (2021, The World Bank Economic Review)
  • Firm-Level Shocks and Labour Flows (2020, The Economic Journal)
  • The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs? (2025, The World Bank Economic Review)
  • Inequality and market power in Latin America and the Caribbean (2025, Oxford Open Economics)

  • Matías Busso
  • Ana María Ibáñez
  • Francisco H. G. Ferreira
  • Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
  • Anastasia Terskaya

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The World Bank Economic Review
  • Oxford Open Economics
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Economic Journal

  • Emerging from the Pandemic Tunnel with Faster Growth and Greater Equity: A Strategy for a New Social Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean (2020, Inter-American Development Bank eBooks)

Best Publications

  • How Wages Change: Micro Evidence from the International Wage Flexibility Project

    William T. Dickens;Lorenz Goette;Erica L. Groshen;Steinar Holden

  • Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class

    Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva;Maria Ana Lugo;Renos Vakis;Francisco H. G. Ferreira

  • El Emprendimiento en America Latina : Muchas empresas y poca innovacion

    Daniel Lederman;Julian Messina;Samuel Pienknagura;Jamele Rigolini

  • Gross job flows and institutions in Europe

    Ramón Gómez-Salvador;Julián Messina;Giovanna Vallanti

  • Downward nominal and real wage rigidity : Survey evidence from European firms

    Jan Babecky;Philip Du Caju;Theodora Kosma;Martina Lawless

  • Job Flow Dynamics and Firing Restrictions: Evidence from Europe

    Julián Messina;Giovanna Vallanti

  • La movilidad económica y el crecimiento de la clase media en América Latina

    Francisco G. Ferreira;Julian Messina;Jamele Rigolini;Luis Felipe López-Calva

  • Latin American Entrepreneurs: Many Firms but Little Innovation

    Daniel Lederman;Julian Messina;Samuel Pienknagura;Jamele Rigolini

  • The Margins of Labor Cost Adjustment : Survey Evidence from European Firms

    Jan Babecky;Philip Du Caju;Theodora Kosma;Martina Lawless

  • Employment Protection Legislation, Capital Investment and Access to Credit: Evidence from Italy

    Federico Cingano;Marco Leonardi;Julián Messina;Giovanni Pica

  • Wage Inequality in Latin America: Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future

    Julián Messina;Joana C. G. Silva

  • How Wages Change: Micro Evidence from the International Wage Flexibility Project

    William T. Dickens;William T. Dickens;William T. Dickens;Lorenz Goette;Lorenz Goette;Lorenz Goette;Erica L. Groshen;Erica L. Groshen;Steinar Holden;Steinar Holden;Steinar Holden

  • Downward Nominal and Real Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from European Firms*: Downward nominal and real wage rigidity

    Jan Babecký;Philip Du Caju;Theodora Kosma;Martina Lawless

  • The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidity: An individual based sectoral approach

    Julián Messina;Cláudia Filipa Duarte;Mario Izquierdo;Philip Du Caju

  • Institutions and Service Employment: A Panel Study for OECD Countries

    Julián Messina

  • The role of product market regulations in the process of structural change

    Julián Messina;Julián Messina

  • Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class [La movilidad económica y el crecimiento de la clase media en América Latina]

    Francisco H.G. Ferreira;Julian Messina;Jamele Rigolini;Luis-Felipe López-Calva

  • European firm adjustment during times of economic crisis

    Silvia Fabiani;Ana Lamo;Julián Messina;Tairi Rõõm

  • Real Wages over the Business Cycle: OECD Evidence from the Time and Frequency Domains *

    Julian Messina;Chiara Strozzi;Jarkko Turunen

  • Formal education, mismatch and wages after transition: Assessing the impact of unobserved heterogeneity using matching estimators

    Ana Lamo;Julián Messina

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science
Lorenz Goette
Lorenz Goette National University of Singapore
Giovanni Peri
Giovanni Peri University of California, Davis
Frank Smets
Frank Smets European Central Bank
Philip Keefer
Philip Keefer Inter-American Development Bank
Alejandro Izquierdo
Alejandro Izquierdo Inter-American Development Bank
Norbert Schady
Norbert Schady World Bank

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