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Richard V. Burkhauser

Richard V. Burkhauser

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
67
Citations
16498
World Ranking
545
National Ranking
354

Richard V. Burkhauser publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 361 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Richard V. Burkhauser 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 Richard V. Burkhauser sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Richard V. Burkhauser is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in social sciences and economics. Their research primarily addresses topics related to income, poverty, and inequality as well as gender, labor, and family dynamics. The scholarly focus also encompasses employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, fiscal policy and economic growth, the COVID-19 pandemic impacts, and demographic modeling and climate adaptation.

Burkhauser's most frequent co-authors include Kevin Corinth, Jeff Larrimore, James Elwell, Joseph J. Sabia, and Nicolas Hérault. These collaborations span several interdisciplinary themes within economics and social sciences.

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following venues: SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, The Review of Economics and Statistics, and Finance and Economics Discussion Series.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard V. Burkhauser include:

  • "Recent Trends in US Income Distributions in Tax Record Data Using More Comprehensive Measures of Income Including Real Accrued Capital Gains" (2020, Journal of Political Economy)
  • "Minimum Wages and Poverty: New Evidence from Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Estimates" (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure" (2023, Journal of Political Economy)
  • "Evaluating the Success of President Johnson's War on Poverty: Revisiting the Historical Record Using a Full-Income Poverty Measure" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Policy research institutes' role in the development of evidence for evidence-based policymaking in the United States" (2024, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)

Their primary fields of study include social sciences with 21 publications and economics, econometrics, and finance with 9 publications. Subfields extend into sociology and political science, gender studies, economics and econometrics, general health professions, and management science and operations research.

Best Publications

  • Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

    Richard V. Burkhauser;John Cawley

  • Economic analysis of transfer programs targeted on people with disabilities

    John Bound;Richard V. Burkhauser

  • The English language public use file of the German Socio-Economic Panel

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Gert G. Wagner

  • Passing the Torch: The Influence of Economic Incentives on Work and Retirement

    Joseph F. Quinn;Richard V. Burkhauser;Daniel A. Myers

  • The Retirement-Health Nexus: A New Measure of an Old Puzzle

    Kathryn H. Anderson;Richard V. Burkhauser

  • Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Shuaizhang Feng;Stephen P. Jenkins;Jeff Larrimore

  • A Reassessment of the New Economics of the Minimum Wage Literature with Monthly Data from the Current Population Survey

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Kenneth A. Couch;David C. Wittenburg

  • Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research

    John Cawley;Richard Burkhauser

  • Most chronic diseases are reported more frequently by individuals with fewer than 12 years of formal education in the age 18-64 United States population.

    Theodore Pincus;Leigh F. Callahan;Richard V. Burkhauser

  • RELATIVE INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES USING ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENCE SCALES

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Timothy M. Smeeding;Joachim Merz

  • Measurement Error in Self-Reported Health Variables

    J. S. Butler;Richard V. Burkhauser;Jean M. Mitchell;Theodore P. Pincus

  • The Pension Acceptance Decision of Older Workers

    Richard V. Burkhauser

  • A Cross-National Comparison of Permanent Inequality in the United States and Germany

    Richard V. Burkhauser;John G. Poupore

  • The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle

    David C. Stapleton;Richard Burkhauser

  • The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities: What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Mary C. Daly

  • Do Retirement Dreams Come True? The Effect of Unanticipated Events on Retirement Plans:

    Kathryn H. Anderson;Richard V. Burkhauser;Joseph F. Quinn

  • Wife or frau women do worse: a comparison of men and women in the United States and Germany after marital dissolution.

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Greg J. Duncan;Richard Hauser;Roland Berntsen

  • Self-Reported Work-Limitation Data: What They Can and Cannot Tell Us*

    Richard V. Burkhauser;Mary C. Daly;Andrew J. Houtenville;Nigar Nargis

  • Consistent Cell Means for Topcoded Incomes in the Public Use March CPS (1976-2007)

    Jeff Larrimore;Richard V. Burkhauser;Shuaizhang Feng;Laura Zayatz

  • Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small? New Evidence from a Case Study of New York State:

    Joseph J. Sabia;Richard V. Burkhauser;Benjamin Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Jenkins
Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science
Mary C. Daly
Mary C. Daly Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
J.S. Butler
J.S. Butler University of Kentucky
Kosali Simon
Kosali Simon Indiana University
John Cawley
John Cawley Cornell University
Timothy M. Smeeding
Timothy M. Smeeding University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert Haveman
Robert Haveman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Douglas Holtz-Eakin American Action Forum
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania

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