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D-Index
41
Citations
12980
World Ranking
2130
National Ranking
56

Nanak Kakwani 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 Nanak Kakwani sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nanak Kakwani 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 Nanak Kakwani sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nanak Kakwani is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has made contributions to the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans topics including Income, Poverty, and Inequality; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare; Economic Growth and Productivity; Taxation and Compliance Studies; Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics; and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Their publication record includes articles in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

  • Journal of Quantitative Economics
  • China & World Economy
  • The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Review of Income and Wealth
  • The Journal of Development Studies

Recent papers authored by Nanak Kakwani include:

  • "Growth and Common Prosperity in China," 2022, China & World Economy
  • "Normative Measures of Tax Progressivity: an International Comparison," 2020, The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • "Assessing the Social Welfare Effects of Government Transfer Programs: Some International Comparisons," 2021, Review of Income and Wealth
  • "How does the Pattern of Growth Impact Poverty Reduction in Rural China?", 2021, Journal of Quantitative Economics
  • "Multidimensional Poverty: A New Perspective on Measurement," 2025, The Journal of Development Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nanak Kakwani include:

  • Xiaobing Wang (3 publications)
  • Hyun H. Son (3 publications)
  • A. L. Nagar (2 publications)
  • Ning Xue (1 publication)
  • Peng Zhan (1 publication)

Their work intersects several subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, Gender Studies, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in health: Measurement, computation, and statistical inference

    Nanak Kakwani;Adam Wagstaff;Eddy van Doorslaer

  • What is Pro-poor Growth?

    Ernesto Pernia;Nanak Kakwani

  • Measurement of Tax Progressivity: An International Comparison

    Nanak C. Kakwani

  • On a Class of Poverty Measures

    Nanak Kakwani

  • POVERTY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH APPLICATION TO CÔTE D'IVOIRE

    Nanak Kakwani

  • Applications of Lorenz curves in economic analysis

    N. C. Kakwani

  • Income inequality and poverty

    Nanak Kakwani

  • What is pro-poor growth?

    Nanak Kakwani;Ernesto M. Pernia

  • Performance in living standards

    N. Kakwani

  • Quantitative approaches to multidimensional poverty measurement

    Nanak Kakwani;Jacques Silber

  • Efficient Estimation of the Lorenz Curve and Associated Inequality Measures from Grouped Observations

    N. C. Kakwani;N. Podder

  • The many dimensions of poverty

    Nanak Kakwani;Jacques Silber

  • On the Estimation of Lorenz Curves from Grouped Observations

    N. C. Kakwani;N. Podder

  • Statistical inference in the measurement of poverty

    Nanak Kakwani

  • Pro-poor growth: concepts and measurement with country case studies

    Nanak Kakwani;Shahidur Khandker;Hyun Son

  • The Unbiasedness of Zellner's Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations Estimators

    N. C. Kakwani

  • Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market : the recent Brazilian experience

    Nanak Kakwani;Marcelo Côrtes Neri;Hyun H. Son

  • POVERTY EQUIVALENT GROWTH RATE

    Nanak Kakwani;Hyun H. Son

  • The Relative Deprivation Curve and Its Applications

    Nanak Kakwani

  • Rural Poverty and Its Alleviation in India

    K Subbarao;N Kakwani

  • Analyzing redistribution policies : a study using Australian data

    Nanak Kakwani

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Wagstaff
Adam Wagstaff World Bank
Eddy van Doorslaer
Eddy van Doorslaer Erasmus University Rotterdam

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