2026 Kevin Lang: 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	51	1315	1169	798	692	130	12999

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

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1169

798

692

130

12999

Overview

Kevin Lang is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and contributes primarily to the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Economics and Econometrics. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to labor markets, gender dynamics, and discrimination.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Employment and Welfare Studies
Work-Family Balance Challenges
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
Data Management and Algorithms

Their publication record includes papers such as:

"Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective" (2020) published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
"How Discrimination and Bias Shape Outcomes" (2020) published in The Future of Children

Frequent co-authors in their research activities include Huailu Li, Costas Cavounidis, Kaiwen Leong, Raghav Malhotra, and Russell Weinstein.

Kevin Lang has contributed to various publication venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Journal of Economic Perspectives
Sensors

Best Publications

Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data

Stephen G . Donald;Kevin Lang

1748
Citations
Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program

Joshua Angrist;Kevin Lang

1076
Citations
A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory

William T Dickens;Kevin Lang

1075
Citations
A Language Theory of Discrimination

Kevin Lang

627
Citations
Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics

Kevin Lang;Jee‑Yeon K. Lehmann

489
Citations
The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on 16 and Pregnant and Other Applications

Ariella Kahn-Lang;Kevin Lang

475
Citations
Education and Labor Market Discrimination

Kevin Lang;Michael Manove

407
Citations
The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales

Timothy N Bond;Kevin Lang

401
Citations
The Reemergence of Segmented Labor Market Theory

William T Dickens;Kevin Lang

338
Citations
Are all Economic Hypotheses False

J. Bradford De Long;Kevin Lang

333
Citations
Human Capital Versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws

Kevin Lang;David Kropp

308
Citations
Language-skill complementarity: returns to immigrant language acquisition

Eli Berman;Eli Berman;Eli Berman;Kevin Lang;Kevin Lang;Erez Siniver

290
Citations
Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle

William T. Dickens;Lawrence F. Katz;Kevin Lang;Lawrence H. Summers

263
Citations
Does Growing Up With A Parent Absent Really Hurt

Kevin Lang;Jay L. Zagorsky

247
Citations
Unemployment and the Structure of Labor Markets.

Noel G. Gaston;Kevin Lang;Jonathan S. Leonard

219
Citations
The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K–3: The Fragility of Results

Timothy N. Bond;Kevin Lang

207
Citations
The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Non-random

Adam Ashcraft;Iván Fernández-Val;Kevin Lang

195
Citations
The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates

Shulamit Kahn;Kevin Lang

183
Citations
Ability Bias, Discount Rate Bias and the Return to Education

Kevin Lang

166
Citations
Efficient Estimation of Structural Hedonic Systems

Shulamit Kahn;Kevin Lang

164
Citations
Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective

Kevin Lang;Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer

112
Citations
Unemployment and the Structure of Labor Markets

Thomas M. Carroll;Kevin Lang;Johnathan S. Leonard

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua D. Angrist MIT

Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University

Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

George J. Borjas Harvard University

Julie Sarama University of Denver

Paula England New York University Abu Dhabi

Douglas H. Clements University of Denver

Drew H. Bailey University of California, Irvine

George Farkas University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of Kevin Lang Google Scholar page

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