2026 Lane Kenworthy: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	36	670	611	363	316	167	9038

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Overview

Lane Kenworthy is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the Social Sciences, with notable contributions in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Finance, General Health Professions, and Demography.

The scientist's work engages with several key topics, including:

Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
Employment and Welfare Studies
Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Corporate Finance and Governance
Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

Lane Kenworthy has published papers in a range of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Journal of Income Distribution
Journal of Policy History
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
PS Political Science & Politics

The following is a selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Lane Kenworthy:

"Economic Inequality and Plutocracy," 2021, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
"Power, Policy, and the Compensation of Top Executives," 2022, Journal of Income Distribution
"JPH volume 33 issue 3 Cover and Back matter," 2021, Journal of Policy History
"HET volume 43 issue 3 Cover and Back matter," 2021, Journal of the History of Economic Thought
"PSC volume 54 issue 4 Cover and Back matter," 2021, PS Political Science & Politics

Collaborations have played a role in their academic output, with frequent co-authors including:

John Campbell
John A. Hall
Bruce G. Carruthers
Peter J. Katzenstein
Jordan Rosenblum

Best Publications

Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Countries

Lane Kenworthy;Jonas Pontusson

783
Citations
Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Countries

Lane Kenworthy;Jonas Pontusson

783
Citations
Gender Inequality in Political Representation: A Worldwide Comparative Analysis

Lane Kenworthy;Melissa Malami

736
Citations
Do Social-Welfare Policies Reduce Poverty? A Cross-National Assessment

Lane Kenworthy

637
Citations
Inequality, public opinion and redistribution

Lane Kenworthy;Leslie McCall

543
Citations
Egalitarian Capitalism: Jobs, Incomes, and Growth in Affluent Countries

Lane Kenworthy

420
Citations
Cooperation and political economic performance in affluent democratic capitalism

Alexander Hicks;Lane Kenworthy

365
Citations
Theories and practices of neocorporatism

Wolfgang Streeck;Lane Kenworthy;Lane Kenworthy

329
Citations
Varieties of welfare capitalism

Alexander Hicks;Lane Kenworthy

298
Citations
Jobs with Equality

Lane Kenworthy

288
Citations
Wage-Setting Measures: A Survey and Assessment

Lane Kenworthy

280
Citations
Institutional coherence and macroeconomic performance

Lane Kenworthy

278
Citations
Progress for the Poor

Lane Kenworthy

262
Citations
Gender Inequality in Political Representation: A Worldwide Comparative Analysis

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259
Citations
Americans' Social Policy Preferences in the Era of Rising Inequality

Leslie McCall;Lane Kenworthy

225
Citations
Quantitative indicators of corporatism

Lane Kenworthy

198
Citations
Jobs with Equality

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153
Citations
Civic Engagement, Social Capital, and Economic Cooperation

Lane Kenworthy

151
Citations
Corporatism and Unemployment in the 1980s and 1990s

Lane Kenworthy;Lane Kenworthy

134
Citations
In Search of National Economic Success: Balancing Competition and Cooperation

Lane Kenworthy

124
Citations
Income Inequality and Partisan Voting in the United States

Andrew Gelman;Lane Kenworthy;Yu-Sung Su

112
Citations
Inequality and Sociology

Lane Kenworthy

110
Citations
Labour Market Activation

Lane Kenworthy

102
Citations
The effect of public opinion on social policy generosity

Lane Kenworthy

73
Citations
Product Review: Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy

Lane Kenworthy

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Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Nolan University of Oxford

Timothy M. Smeeding University of Wisconsin–Madison

Joel Rogers University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jonas Pontusson University of Geneva

Elizabeth Anderson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Charles C. Ragin University of California, Irvine

Peter H. Lindert University of California, Davis

Wolfgang Streeck Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

External Links

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