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2026

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D-Index
65
Citations
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World Ranking
593
National Ranking
1

Kjell G. Salvanes 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 Kjell G. Salvanes sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 301 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kjell G. Salvanes 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 Kjell G. Salvanes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Kjell G. Salvanes is affiliated with the Norwegian School of Economics in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Gender Studies, and Demography.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass diverse areas such as labor market dynamics and wage inequality, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, income, poverty, and inequality, gender, labor, and family dynamics, global health care issues, employment and welfare studies, and health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have contributed extensively, as well as Fiscal Studies, The Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Journal of Economic Literature.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kjell G. Salvanes are:

  • Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income, 2020, Journal of Political Economy
  • The Evolution of Mortality Inequality in 11 OECD Countries: Introduction*, 2021, Fiscal Studies
  • Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Disease Control and Inequality Reduction: Evidence from a Tuberculosis Testing and Vaccination Campaign, 2020, The Review of Economic Studies
  • Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life, 2020, The Journal of Human Resources

Kjell G. Salvanes has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Aline Bütikofer
  • Alexander Willén
  • Paul J. Devereux
  • Fanny Landaud
  • Patrick Bennett

Best Publications

  • Why the apple doesn’t fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling

    Philip Oreopoulos;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • Why the apple doesn't fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • Education and family background: Mechanisms and policies

    Anders Bjorklund;Kjell G Salvanes

  • Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

    Anders Björklund;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • STAYING IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUT OF THE MATERNITY WARD? THE EFFECT OF COMPULSORY SCHOOLING LAWS ON TEENAGE BIRTHS*

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long-Run Outcomes of Children

    Pedro Carneiro;Katrine Vellesen Løken;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • How large are returns to schooling? Hint: Money isn't everything

    Philip Oreopoulos;Kjell G Salvanes

  • The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence

    Giulia Faggio;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;John Van Reenen

  • Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    Karin Monstad;Carol Propper;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    Karin Monstad;Carol Propper;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform

    Arild Aakvik;Kjell G. Salvanes;Kjell Vaage

  • Made in China, sold in Norway: Local labor market effects of an import shock ☆

    Ragnhild Balsvik;Sissel Jensen;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • Individual transferable quotas in multispecies fisheries

    Dale Squires;Harry Campbell;Stephen Cunningham;Christopher Dewees

  • The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Childrens Education

    Sandra Black;Paul Devereux;Kjell G Salvanes

  • Good skills in bad times: Cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession

    Kai Liu;Kai Liu;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;Erik Ø. Sørensen

  • Education and mobility

    Stephen Machin;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;Panu Pelkonen

  • Chapter 3 – Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

    Anders Björklund;Kjell G. Salvanes

  • Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

  • Willingness to Compete: Family Matters

    Ingvild Almås;Alexander W. Cappelen;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;Erik Ø. Sørensen

  • From the Cradle to the Labor Market? the Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

    Sandra E. Black;Paul J. Devereux;Paul J. Devereux;Kjell G. Salvanes;Kjell G. Salvanes

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Devereux
Paul J. Devereux University College Dublin
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black Columbia University
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro University College London
Oddbjørn Raaum
Oddbjørn Raaum University of Oslo
Bertil Tungodden
Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics
Carol Propper
Carol Propper Imperial College London
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
Philip Oreopoulos
Philip Oreopoulos University of Toronto
David N. Figlio
David N. Figlio University of Rochester
Magne Mogstad
Magne Mogstad University of Chicago

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