2026 Kjell G. Salvanes: 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	65	593	536	1	1	301	24682

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

2278
Citations
From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes

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

1921
Citations
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

1833
Citations
From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

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

1717
Citations
Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling

Philip Oreopoulos;Kjell G. Salvanes

1326
Citations
Why the apple doesn't fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

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

1284
Citations
Education and family background: Mechanisms and policies

Anders Bjorklund;Kjell G Salvanes

1001
Citations
Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age

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

616
Citations
Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Anders Björklund;Kjell G. Salvanes

607
Citations
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

523
Citations
A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long-Run Outcomes of Children

Pedro Carneiro;Katrine Vellesen Løken;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

485
Citations
How large are returns to schooling? Hint: Money isn't everything

Philip Oreopoulos;Kjell G Salvanes

469
Citations
The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence

Giulia Faggio;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;John Van Reenen

417
Citations
Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Karin Monstad;Carol Propper;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

295
Citations
Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Karin Monstad;Carol Propper;Kjell G. Salvanes

295
Citations
Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform

Arild Aakvik;Kjell G. Salvanes;Kjell Vaage

292
Citations
Made in China, sold in Norway: Local labor market effects of an import shock ☆

Ragnhild Balsvik;Sissel Jensen;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes

289
Citations
Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

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

280
Citations
Individual transferable quotas in multispecies fisheries

Dale Squires;Harry Campbell;Stephen Cunningham;Christopher Dewees

262
Citations
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Childrens Education

Sandra Black;Paul Devereux;Kjell G Salvanes

244
Citations
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

230
Citations
Education and mobility

Stephen Machin;Kjell Gunnar Salvanes;Panu Pelkonen

229
Citations
Chapter 3 – Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Anders Björklund;Kjell G. Salvanes

226
Citations
Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men

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

225
Citations
Willingness to Compete: Family Matters

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

222
Citations
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

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Devereux University College Dublin

Sandra E. Black Columbia University

Pedro Carneiro University College London

Oddbjørn Raaum University of Oslo

Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics

Carol Propper Imperial College London

Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science

Philip Oreopoulos University of Toronto

David N. Figlio University of Rochester

Magne Mogstad University of Chicago

External Links

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