2026 Muriel Niederle: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	40	5174	4801	2441	2224	78	16281

Muriel Niederle publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Muriel Niederle sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 78 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Muriel Niederle D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Muriel Niederle sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Muriel Niederle is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work focuses on the social sciences with a significant emphasis on economics and econometrics.

The main fields of study explored by Niederle include:

Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research spans several subfields:

Economics and Econometrics
Demography
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
General Decision Sciences

The topics Niederle addresses frequently relate to the intersections of behavior, development, and economic outcomes. Key research topics include:

Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Economic Growth and Productivity
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Recent papers published by Niederle and their collaborators cover a range of issues in behavioral economics and gender dynamics, including:

"The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination" (2021, Management Science)
"Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures" (2024, The Review of Economics and Statistics)
"Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Cognitive Limitations: Failures of Contingent Thinking" (2023, Annual Review of Economics)

Niederle collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Thomas Buser
Hessel Oosterbeek
Christine L. Exley
David Klinowski
Katherine Coffman

Their work has been published mainly in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Management Science
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Annual Review of Economics

Muriel Niederle has been recognized in their field through various awards including:

Fellows of the Econometric Society, 2017
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2006

Best Publications

Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?

Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

5014
Citations
Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences

Uri Gneezy;Muriel Niederle;Aldo Rustichini

2770
Citations
Gender, Competitiveness, and Career Choices*

Thomas Buser;Muriel Niederle;Hessel Oosterbeek

1067
Citations
Gender and Competition

Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

1000
Citations
Explaining the Gender Gap in Math Test Scores: The Role of Competition

Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

789
Citations
How Costly Is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness

Muriel Niederle;Carmit Segal;Lise Vesterlund

651
Citations
Working over Time: Dynamic Inconsistency in Real Effort Tasks

Ned Augenblick;Muriel Niederle;Charles Sprenger

617
Citations
Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Markus M. Mobius;Muriel Niederle;Paul Niehaus;Tanya S. Rosenblat

424
Citations
Gender Differences in Seeking Challenges: The Role of Institutions

Muriel Niederle;Alexandra H Yestrumskas

279
Citations
Do Women shy away from Competition

Lise Vesterlund;Muriel Niederle

238
Citations
Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match

Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth

200
Citations
Gender Differences in Competition

Muriel Niederle;Lise Vesterlund

185
Citations
Pre-Analysis Plans Have Limited Upside, Especially Where Replications Are Feasible

Lucas C. Coffman;Muriel Niederle

175
Citations
The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

Peter Andrew Coles;John Cawley;Phillip B. Levine;Muriel Niederle

174
Citations
Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence ∗

Muriel Niederle;Paul Niehaus;Tanya S. Rosenblat

167
Citations
Preference Signaling in Matching Markets

Peter Andrew Coles;Alexey Kushnir;Muriel Niederle

156
Citations
Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance

Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth

123
Citations
The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination

Katherine Baldiga Coffman;Christine L. Exley;Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle

115
Citations
The collapse of a medical labor clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)

C. Nicholas McKinney;Muriel Niederle;Alvin Roth

111
Citations
Fairness in bargaining

Yoella Bereby-Meyer;Muriel Niederle

110
Citations
Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance

Muriel Niederle;Muriel Niederle;Alvin E. Roth;Alvin E. Roth

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvin E. Roth Stanford University

Lise Vesterlund University of Pittsburgh

Jan Potters Tilburg University

Hessel Oosterbeek University of Amsterdam

Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego

M. Utku Ünver Boston College

John J. Siegfried Vanderbilt University

Phillip B. Levine Wellesley College

Justin Wolfers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

John Cawley Cornell University

External Links

Wikipedia of Muriel Niederle Personal website of Muriel Niederle Google Scholar page

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