2026 Paul J. Gertler: 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	86	209	190	153	136	277	34232

Overview

Paul J. Gertler is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily within economics, econometrics, and finance, as well as social sciences. The main areas of focus include economics and econometrics, education, nutrition and dietetics, sociology and political science, and accounting.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects including microfinance and financial inclusion, child nutrition and water access, financial literacy, pension and retirement analysis, poverty, education, and child welfare, fintech, crowdfunding, digital finance, urban and rural development challenges, and early childhood education and development.

Recent publications by Paul J. Gertler include:

"Exposure to sugar rationing in the first 1000 days of life protected against chronic disease," 2024, Science
"The dirty business of eliminating open defecation: The effect of village sanitation on child height from field experiments in four countries," 2022, Journal of Development Economics
"How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," 2021, The Journal of Finance
"Air conditioning and global inequality," 2021, Global Environmental Change
"How vocational education made women better off but left men behind," 2020, Labour Economics

Paul J. Gertler has frequently published in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Development Economics
Journal of Urban Economics
Harvard Dataverse

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul J. Gertler include:

Sebastián Galiani
Sean Higgins
Tadeja Gračner
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
Brett Green

In addition to articles, Paul J. Gertler has contributed to book publications released by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. Notable titles include:

"Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31," 2021
"Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments," 2020
"Financing Municipal Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi's Informal Settlements," 2021

Best Publications

Impact Evaluation in Practice

Paul J. Gertler;Sebastian Martinez;Patrick Premand;Laura B. Rawlings

2338
Citations
Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world

Patrice L Engle;Maureen M Black;Jere R Behrman;Meena Cabral de Mello

1613
Citations
Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality

Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Ernesto Schargrodsky

1392
Citations
Welfare gains from Foreign Direct Investment through technology transfer to local suppliers

Garrick Blalock;Paul J. Gertler

1257
Citations
Insuring Consumption Against Illness

Paul Gertler;Jonathan Gruber

1250
Citations
The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance

Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler

1240
Citations
Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development

Linda M Richter;Bernadette Daelmans;Joan Lombardi;Jody Heymann

1049
Citations
Are User Fees Regressive? The Welfare Implications of Health Care Financing Proposals in Peru

Paul Gertler;Luis Locay;Warren Sanderson

1006
Citations
Labor Market Returns to an Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention in Jamaica

Paul Gertler;Paul Gertler;James Heckman;Rodrigo Pinto;Arianna Zanolini

973
Citations
Investing cash transfers to raise long term living standards

Paul Gertler;Sebastian Martinez;Marta Rubio-Codina

942
Citations
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESA's Control Randomized Experiment

Paul Gertler

903
Citations
Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development: an analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades

Lia C H Fernald;Paul J Gertler;Lynnette M Neufeld

829
Citations
Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal

Abhijit V. Banerjee;Paul J. Gertler;Maitreesh Ghatak

827
Citations
Learning from exporting revisited in a less developed setting

Garrick Blalock;Paul J. Gertler

730
Citations
Effect on maternal and child health services in Rwanda of payment to primary health-care providers for performance : an impact evaluation

Paulin Basinga;Paul J Gertler;Agnes Binagwaho;Agnes L B Soucat

728
Citations
Contribution of air conditioning adoption to future energy use under global warming

Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Paul J. Gertler;Paul J. Gertler

655
Citations
Housing, health, and happiness

Matias Cattaneo;Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Sebastian Martinez

581
Citations
School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind

Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Paul Gertler;Ernesto Schargrodsky

492
Citations
How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World

Catherine Wolfram;Orie Shelef;Paul J Gertler

448
Citations
Cash for Coolers: Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico †

Lucas W. Davis;Alan Fuchs;Paul Gertler

386
Citations
Empowering parents to improve education : evidence from rural Mexico

Paul Gertler;Harry Patrinos;Marta Rubio-Codina

383
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Galiani University of Maryland, College Park

Lia C. H. Fernald University of California, Berkeley

Harry Anthony Patrinos World Bank

David I. Levine University of California, Berkeley

Catherine D. Wolfram MIT

Agnes Binagwaho Harvard University

Lucas W. Davis University of California, Berkeley

Stefano M. Bertozzi University of California, Berkeley

Federico Sturzenegger University of San Andrés

Martin Gaynor Carnegie Mellon University

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