World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Economics and Finance
UK
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
86
Citations
49191
World Ranking
205
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Lant Pritchett is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, with a particular focus on economics, econometrics, and education. Their scholarly output contributes extensively to topics related to poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as income inequality and labor dynamics.

Their work is published primarily in the International Journal of Educational Development, where they have six publications. Other venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Middle East Development Journal, The World Bank Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Policy Reform. The diversity of these venues reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Key areas of study for Pritchett include sociology and political science, education, economics and econometrics, safety research, and international relations. These subfields underpin an analytical approach that engages with issues of educational outcomes, social equity, and economic policy.

Among the main topics covered in their work are:

  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Economic Growth and Productivity

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Pritchett include:

  • "Girls' schooling and women's literacy: schooling targets alone won't reach learning goals," 2020, International Journal of Educational Development
  • "Aiming higher: Learning profiles and gender equality in 10 low- and middle-income countries," 2020, International Journal of Educational Development
  • "Learning equity requires more than equality: Learning goals and achievement gaps between the rich and the poor in five developing countries⋆," 2021, International Journal of Educational Development
  • "A structured model of the dynamics of student learning in developing countries, with applications to policy," 2021, International Journal of Educational Development
  • "Effective investment in women's futures: Schooling with learning," 2021, International Journal of Educational Development

Frequent coauthors of Pritchett include Michelle Kaffenberger, Martina Viarengo, Justin Sandefur, Maryam Akmal, and Sabyasachi Kar. Their collaborations indicate active engagement in research networks focused on education, development, and economics.

Best Publications

  • Estimating Wealth Effects Without Expenditure Data—Or Tears: An Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India

    Deon Filmer;Lant H. Pritchett

  • Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data or Tears: With an Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India

    Deon Filmer;Lant Pritchett;Lant Pritchett

  • Cents and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania*

    Deepa Narayan;Lant Pritchett

  • Divergence, Big Time

    Lant Pritchett

  • Growth Accelerations

    Ricardo Hausmann;Lant Pritchett;Dani Rodrik

  • Where has all the education gone

    Lant Pritchett

  • Wealthier is healthier

    Lant Pritchett;Lawrence H. Summers

  • Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks

    William Easterly;Michael Kremer;Lant Pritchett;Lawrence Summers

  • The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth

    Jonathan Isham;Michael Woolcock;Lant Pritchett;Gwen Busby

  • Wealthier is Healthier

    Unknown

  • The effect of household wealth on educational attainment: evidence from 35 countries.

    Deon Filmer;Lant Pritchett

  • World Development Report 2004 : making services work for poor people

    Lant Pritchett;Ritva Reinikka;Shantayanan Devarajan;Deon Filmer

  • The impact of public spending on health: does money matter?

    Deon Filmer;Lant Pritchett

  • Solutions when the solution is the problem: Arraying the disarray in development

    Lant Pritchett;Michael Woolcock

  • World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development

    Peter Lanjouw;John Besant-Jones;Antonio Estache;Christine Kessides

  • Understanding patterns of economic growth : searching for hills among plateaus, mountains, and plains

    Lant Pritchett

  • Desired fertility and the impact of population policies

    Lant H. Dec Pritchett

  • Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

    Matthew R. Andrews;Lant Pritchett;Michael J. Woolcock

  • Good policy or good luck

    William Easterly;Michael Kremer;Lant Pritchett;Lawrence H Summers

  • Measuring outward orientation in LDCs: Can it be done?

    Lant Pritchett

  • The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning

    Lant Pritchett

  • Intra - Sub - Saharan African trade: is it too little?

    Faezeh Foroutan;Lant Pritchett

Frequent Co-Authors

Deon Filmer
Deon Filmer World Bank
Michael A. Clemens
Michael A. Clemens George Mason University
Jeffrey S. Hammer
Jeffrey S. Hammer Princeton University
Lawrence H. Summers
Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University
Kunal Sen
Kunal Sen University of Manchester
William Easterly
William Easterly New York University
Antonio Estache
Antonio Estache Université Libre de Bruxelles
Graciela Kaminsky
Graciela Kaminsky George Washington University
Stijn Claessens
Stijn Claessens Yale University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Career opportunities in Economics and Finance can be expanded with flexible online degree options. Students looking for specialized knowledge may benefit from exploring how to get a business degree online, which offers expertise in areas like data analysis, risk management, and decision science.

For those considering advanced leadership roles, many accredited schools now offer mba programs online no gmat requirements, making higher education more accessible. Cost concerns are also frequently cited; fortunately, a variety of reputable universities offer an online mba under 30k, allowing you to upskill at a manageable investment.

The finance sector is shifting rapidly toward digital marketing, making skills in platforms and analytics essential. A growing number of professionals are pursuing a social media marketing degree online to complement their economics or finance background and open up new pathways in today’s digital-first job market.

Best Scientists Citing Lant Pritchett

Trending Scientists