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D-Index
55
Citations
13280
World Ranking
1064
National Ranking
32

Junsen Zhang 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 Junsen Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 177 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Junsen Zhang 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 Junsen Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Junsen Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and has a research focus primarily situated within the Social Sciences, with a significant number of publications (54) dedicated to this domain. The subfields where Zhang's scholarly output is concentrated include Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, Gender Studies, Demography, and Education.

The main topics Zhang investigates revolve around complex social and economic issues such as Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare; Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies; School Choice and Performance; Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities; Migration and Labor Dynamics; Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving; and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

Among Zhang's recent publications are several papers addressing these themes. Notable works include:

  • A Survey on Income Inequality in China, 2021, Journal of Economic Literature
  • Rising Intergenerational Income Persistence in China, 2021, American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • Trade normalization, export quality, and in-migration of skilled workers: Evidence from China, 2021, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Student Performance, Peer Effects, and Friend Networks: Evidence from a Randomized Peer Intervention, 2023, American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Zhang has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Junjian Yi, Naijia Guo, Rufei Guo, Kang Zhou, and Jere R. Behrman, reflecting a network of partnerships in multiple research efforts.

Regarding venues for publication, Zhang has contributed extensively to the SSRN Electronic Journal (15 publications), followed by journals such as the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, American Economic Journal Economic Policy, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Comparative Economics.

Best Publications

  • Economic returns to schooling in urban China, 1988 to 2001

    Junsen Zhang;Yaohui Zhao;Albert Park;Xiaoqing Song

  • Do Population Control Policies Induce More Human Capital Investment? Twins, Birthweight, and China’s ‘One Child’ Policy

    Mark Richard Rosenzweig;Junsen Zhang

  • The Two-Tier Labor Market in Urban China

    Xin Meng;Junsen Zhang

  • Why Do Entrepreneurs Enter Politics? Evidence from China

    Hongbin Li;Lingsheng Meng;Junsen Zhang

  • The quantity-quality trade-off of children in a developing country: identification using Chinese twins.

    Hongbin Li;Junsen Zhang;Yi Zhu

  • Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong

    Douglas Almond;Lena Edlund;Hongbin Li;Junsen Zhang

  • The Evolution of China's One-Child Policy and Its Effects on Family Outcomes

    Junsen Zhang

  • SEX RATIOS AND CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

    Lena Edlund;Hongbin Li;Junjian Yi;Junsen Zhang

  • Sectoral gender wage differentials and discrimination in the transitional Chinese economy

    Pak-Wai Liu;Xin Meng;Junsen Zhang

  • Mortality decline and long-run economic growth

    Junsen Zhang;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Ronald Lee

  • Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the Sex Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences

    Hongbin Li;Junjian Yi;Junsen Zhang

  • Rising longevity, education, savings, and growth

    Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Junsen Zhang;Ronald Lee

  • The Effect of Life Expectancy on Fertility, Saving, Schooling and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence*

    Jie Zhang;Junsen Zhang

  • Does parental absence reduce cognitive achievements? Evidence from rural China

    Hongliang Zhang;Jere R. Behrman;C. Simon Fan;Xiangdong Wei

  • Globalization and wage inequality: Evidence from urban China☆

    Jun Han;Runjuan Liu;Junsen Zhang

  • Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence From Urban Chinese Twins*

    Hongbin Li;Pak Wai Liu;Junsen Zhang;Ning Ma

  • Dowry and Wife's Welfare: A Theotrical and Empirical Analysis

    Junsen Zhang;William Chan

  • Dress for success: does primping pay?

    Daniel S Hamermesh;Xin Meng;Junsen Zhang

  • Trends in the Gender Earnings Differential in Urban China, 1988–2004

    Junsen Zhang;Jun Han;Pak-Wai Liu;Yaohui Zhao

  • Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries

    Hongbin Li;Hongbin Li;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Junsen Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbin Li
Hongbin Li Stanford University
Mark R. Rosenzweig
Mark R. Rosenzweig Yale University
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Xin Meng
Xin Meng Australian National University
Douglas Almond
Douglas Almond Columbia University
Yoram Weiss
Yoram Weiss Tel Aviv University
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Daniel S. Hamermesh The University of Texas at Austin
Oded Stark
Oded Stark University of Bonn
Yaohui Zhao
Yaohui Zhao Peking University
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago

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