2026 Lawrence F. Katz: 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	101	98	87	77	67	223	95613

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2020 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1993 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Lawrence F. Katz is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily within economics, econometrics, and social sciences, with a focus on labor market dynamics, urban studies, housing economics, and welfare studies.

Their work is concentrated in several main fields of study including:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences

Subfields of specialization include:

Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Education
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Main topics explored in their research are:

Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Housing Market and Economics
Employment and Welfare Studies
Economic Growth and Productivity
Labor Movements and Unions
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Katz include:

"The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms," 2020, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
"Neighborhoods Matter: Assessing the Evidence for Place Effects," 2021, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
"Extending the Race between Education and Technology," 2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings
"Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice," 2024, American Economic Review
"Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from WorkAdvance," 2022, Journal of Labor Economics

Katz frequently collaborates with other researchers including David Autor, Caitlin Anzelone, Claudia Goldin, David Dorn, and Christina Patterson. Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Harvard Dataverse
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Throughout their career, Katz has received multiple honors including election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1993, as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001, and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2012.

They were also inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014 and were awarded the IZA Prize in Labor Economics by the Institute for the Study of Labor in 2020.

Best Publications

Changes in Relative Wages, 1963–1987: Supply and Demand Factors

Lawrence F. Katz;Kevin M. Murphy

7696
Citations
Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?

David H. Autor;Lawrence F. Katz;Alan B. Krueger

7672
Citations
The race between education and technology

Claudia Dale Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

4627
Citations
The fall of the labor share and the rise of superstar firms

David Autor;David Dorn;Lawrence F Katz;Christina Patterson

4265
Citations
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

Jeffrey R Kling;Jeffrey B Liebman;Lawrence F Katz

3893
Citations
The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment

Raj Chetty;Nathaniel Hendren;Lawrence F. Katz

3407
Citations
Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality

Lawrence F. Katz;David H. Autor

3226
Citations
Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists

David H. Autor;Lawrence F. Katz;Melissa S. Kearney

2564
Citations
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career and Marriage Decisions

Claudia Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

2068
Citations
The Company You Keep: The Effects of Family and Neighborhood on Disadvantaged Youths

Anne C. Case;Lawrence F. Katz

1889
Citations
The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market

David Autor;Lawrence Katz;Melissa Kearney

1833
Citations
The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap

Claudia Goldin;Claudia Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz;Ilyana Kuziemko

1826
Citations
Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors

Marianne Bertrand;Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

1767
Citations
Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

Lawrence F. Katz;Jeffrey R. Kling;Jeffrey B. Liebman

1736
Citations
On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade

George J. Borjas;Richard B. Freeman;Lawrence F. Katz

1732
Citations
The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

1630
Citations
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP: THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ON DISADVANTAGED YOUNTHS

Anne Case;Lawrence Katz

1576
Citations
Layoffs and Lemons

Robert Gibbons;Lawrence F. Katz

1489
Citations
Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?

Katharine G. Abraham;Lawrence F. Katz

1415
Citations
Interindustry Wage Differences and Industry Characteristics

William T. Dickens;Lawrence F. Katz

1373
Citations
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

Lawrence Katz;Claudia Goldin

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Goldin Harvard University

Jeffrey R. Kling National Bureau of Economic Research

Alan B. Krueger Princeton University

David H. Autor MIT

Jens Ludwig University of Chicago

Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine

Lisa A. Gennetian Duke University

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

Melissa S. Kearney University of Notre Dame

Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Lawrence F. Katz Google Scholar page

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