2026 Robert A. Moffitt: 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	74	366	328	252	222	291	30070

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2009 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1997 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Robert A. Moffitt is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a notable focus on Economics and Econometrics. Moffitt's scholarly work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Accounting, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Gender Studies.

Their research covers multiple main topics such as Financial Literacy, Pension, and Retirement Analysis; Monetary Policy and Economic Impact; Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Employment and Welfare Studies; Global Health Care Issues; and Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality.

Recent academic publications include:

"Balancing data privacy and usability in the federal statistical system" (2022) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"COVID-19 and the US Safety Net" (2020) in Fiscal Studies
"Reconciling Trends in U.S. Male Earnings Volatility: Results from Survey and Administrative Data" (2022) in the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
"Estimating Trends in Male Earnings Volatility with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics" (2022) in the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
"Take-Up of Social Benefits" (2022) in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent publication venues for Moffitt's work include the SSRN Electronic Journal with 18 publications, Tax Policy and the Economy (8 publications), the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (3 publications), the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications), and Fiscal Studies (2 publications).

Collaborations have been made with several co-authors, including:

James P. Ziliak (9 co-authored works)
Emily Wiemers (8 co-authored works)
Michael Carr (7 co-authored works)
Mónica Costa Dias (7 co-authored works)
Christopher R. Bollinger (6 co-authored works)

Moffitt's professional recognition includes numerous awards such as:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2009)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (1997)

Moffitt's body of work contributes to a multifaceted understanding of economic policies, labor market behavior, social welfare, and the interplay of demographic factors in economic research.

Best Publications

The Uses of Tobit Analysis

John F. McDonald;Robert A. Moffitt

2937
Citations
An Analysis of Sample Attrition in Panel Data: The Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics

John Fitzgerald;Peter Gottschalk;Robert Moffitt

2695
Citations
An Economic Model of Welfare Stigma

Robert Moffitt

1802
Citations
Incentive Effects of the U.S. Welfare System: A Review

Robert Moffitt

1438
Citations
A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT QUADRATURE PROCEDURE FOR THE ONE-FACTOR MULTINOMIAL PROBIT MODEL

J. S. Butler;Robert Moffitt

1098
Citations
The Growth of Earnings Instability in the U.S. Labor Market

Peter Gottschalk;Robert Moffitt;Lawrence F. Katz;William T. Dickens

891
Citations
A Structural Model Of Multiple Welfare Program Participation And Labor Supply

Michael Keane;Robert Moffitt

849
Citations
Unemployment insurance and the distribution of unemployment spells

Robert Moffitt

626
Citations
The Estimation of Wage Gains and Welfare Gains in Self-Selection Models

Anders Bjorklund;Robert Moffitt

577
Citations
Welfare Programs and Labor Supply

Robert A. Moffitt

515
Citations
Identification and estimation of dynamic models with a time series of repeated cross-sections

Robert Moffitt

508
Citations
Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental Variables: Comment

J. D. Angrist;G. W. Imbens;D. B. Rubin;J. M. Robins

447
Citations
The Effect of Welfare on Marriage and Fertility

Robert A. Moffitt

444
Citations
Productivity Growth and the Phillips Curve

Laurence M. Ball;Robert A. Moffitt

421
Citations
Program Evaluation With Nonexperimental Data

Robert Moffitt

410
Citations
The Econometrics of Piecewise-Linear Budget Constraints A Survey and Exposition of the Maximum Likelihood Method

Robert Moffitt

395
Citations
The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment: The Case of Federal Supplemental Benefits

Robert Moffitt;Walter Nicholson

382
Citations
Mothers' Transitions from Welfare to Work and the Well-Being of Preschoolers and Adolescents

P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale;Robert A. Moffitt;Brenda J. Lohman;Andrew J. Cherlin

379
Citations
TRENDS IN THE TRANSITORY VARIANCE OF EARNINGS IN THE UNITED STATES

Robert A. Moffitt;Peter Gottschalk

373
Citations
Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States

Robert A Moffitt

366
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Gottschalk Boston College

David C. Ribar Georgia State University

John Karl Scholz University of Oregon

Barbara L. Wolfe University of Wisconsin–Madison

Laurence Ball Johns Hopkins University

Hilary Williamson Hoynes University of California, Berkeley

Gary Burtless Brookings Institution

Michael Keane Johns Hopkins University

Andrew J. Cherlin Johns Hopkins University

Michael Rothschild University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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