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2024

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Economics and Finance

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

Lant Pritchett 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 Lant Pritchett sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 295 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lant Pritchett 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 Lant Pritchett sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 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

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  • 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
Daniel Kaufmann
Daniel Kaufmann University of Lausanne
William Easterly
William Easterly New York University
Antonio Estache
Antonio Estache Université Libre de Bruxelles

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