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Kerwin Kofi Charles

Kerwin Kofi Charles

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
42
Citations
10569
World Ranking
2032
National Ranking
1182

Kerwin Kofi Charles 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 Kerwin Kofi Charles sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 94 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerwin Kofi Charles 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 Kerwin Kofi Charles sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kerwin Kofi Charles is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has a research profile concentrating primarily in social sciences with a substantial focus on economics and econometrics as well as sociology and political science. Their work spans a range of subfields including general health professions, gender studies, and political science and international relations.

The researcher's academic output includes multiple recent papers published in well-known journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men" (2020) in Journal of Political Economy
  • "Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws" (2020) in Journal of Political Economy
  • "Reexamining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality" (2022) in American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining" (2021) in Journal of Labor Economics
  • "The Effects of Sexism on American Women" (2022) in The Journal of Human Resources

Frequent co-authors of the researcher include:

  • Daniel I. Rees
  • D. Mark Anderson
  • Krzysztof Karbownik
  • Camila Steffens
  • Jonathan Guryan

The researcher's contributions have appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • The Journal of Human Resources
  • Journal of Public Economics

Research topics addressed by this individual cover a spectrum of social science and policy-related issues. Main research topics include:

  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies

Kerwin Kofi Charles's work integrates perspectives from economics, sociology, health professions, and gender studies to explore labor markets, public health, policy impacts, and social inequalities across different population groups. The combination of fields and topics suggests a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex societal issues within a framework of empirical research and policy analysis.

Best Publications

  • Conspicuous Consumption and Race

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst;Nikolai Roussanov

  • The Correlation of Wealth Across Generations

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst

  • Prejudice and Wages: An Empirical Assessment of Becker’s The Economics of Discrimination

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Jonathan Guryan

  • Job Displacement, Disability, and Divorce

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Melvin Stephens

  • Accounting for the Black-White Wealth Gap: A Nonparametric Approach

    Robert Barsky;John Bound;Kerwin Kofi Charles;Joseph P. Lupton

  • Is Retirement Depressing?: Labor Force Inactivity and Psychological Well-Being in Later Life

    Kerwin Kofi Charles

  • Taste-based or Statistical Discrimination: The Economics of Discrimination Returns to its Roots

    Jonathan Guryan;Kerwin Kofi Charles

  • Conspicuous Consumption and Race

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst;Nikolai Roussanov

  • The Transition to Home Ownership and the Black-White Wealth Gap

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst

  • Can family caregiving substitute for nursing home care

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Purvi Sevak

  • Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and College Attendance

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst;Matthew J. Notowidigdo

  • Male Incarceration, the Marriage Market, and Female Outcomes

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Ming Ching Luoh

  • Local labor market fluctuations and health: Is there a connection and for whom?

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Philip DeCicca

  • Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men

    Mark Aguiar;Mark Bils;Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst

  • Divergent Paths: A New Perspective on Earnings Differences Between Black and White Men Since 1940

    Patrick Bayer;Patrick Bayer;Kerwin Kofi Charles;Kerwin Kofi Charles

  • Studying Discrimination: Fundamental Challenges and Recent Progress

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Jonathan Guryan

  • Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and College Attendance

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Erik Hurst;Erik Hurst;Matthew Notowidigdo

  • Gender Differences in Completed Schooling

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Ming-Ching Luoh

  • The Longitudinal Structure of Earnings Losses among Work-Limited Disabled Workers

    Kerwin Kofi Charles

  • Relational Costs and the Production of Social Capital: Evidence from Carpooling

    Kerwin Kofi Charles;Patrick Kline

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Hurst
Erik Hurst University of Chicago
Daniel I. Rees
Daniel I. Rees University of Colorado Denver
Matthew J. Notowidigdo
Matthew J. Notowidigdo Northwestern University
Patrick J. Bayer
Patrick J. Bayer Duke University
Sheldon Danziger
Sheldon Danziger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach University of California, Berkeley
Robert F. Schoeni
Robert F. Schoeni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John Bound
John Bound University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert B. Barsky
Robert B. Barsky National Bureau of Economic Research
Dana P. Goldman
Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California

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