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D-Index
52
Citations
20854
World Ranking
1224
National Ranking
736

Overview

Robert H. Topel is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields related to economics, management, and law.

The main fields of study associated with Robert H. Topel include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Their subfields of study reflect a focus on specific areas within these broader domains:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management

Topel's research concentrates on several key topics, particularly related to law and regulatory frameworks, including:

  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies

The scholar's publication record includes contributions that engage with the intersection of economic principles and legal structures. Although specific papers are not listed, the thematic focus clearly illustrates a sustained interest in how economic analysis informs law and regulatory policy.

There are no records of frequent co-authors or specific publication venues associated with their work in the available data.

The absence of book publications in the provided data suggests that their contributions are primarily in articles or papers rather than monographs or edited volumes.

Best Publications

  • Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men

    Robert H. Topel;Michael P. Ward

  • Estimation and Inference in Two-Step Econometric Models

    Kevin M. Murphy;Robert H. Topel

  • Specific Capital, Mobility, and Wages: Wages Rise with Job Seniority

    Robert H. Topel

  • The Value of Health and Longevity

    Kevin M. Murphy;Robert H. Topel

  • International Trade and American Wages in the 1980s: Giant Sucking Sound or Small Hiccup?

    Robert Z. Lawrence;Matthew J. Slaughter;Robert E. Hall;Steven J. Davis

  • Labor Market Adjustments to Increased Immigration

    Robert J LaLonde;Robert H Topel

  • Labor markets and economic growth

    Robert Topel

  • Industry Rents: Evidence and Implications

    Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence H. Summers;Robert E. Hall;Charles L. Schultze

  • Favoritism in Organizations

    Canice Prendergast;Robert H. Topel

  • Local Labor Markets

    Robert H. Topel

  • Housing Investment in the United States

    Robert Topel;Sherwin Rosen

  • Estimation and Inference in Two-Step Econometric Models

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  • On Layoffs and Unemployment Insurance

    Robert H. Topel

  • The Social Value of Education and Human Capital

    Fabian Lange;Robert Topel

  • Factor Proportions and Relative Wages: The Supply-Side Determinants of Wage Inequality

    Robert H. Topel

  • Discretion and bias in performance evaluation

    Canice Prendergast;Robert Topel

  • Economic impact of international migration and the economic performance of migrants.

    Lalonde Rj;Topel Rh

  • Estimation and Inference in Two-Step Econometric Models

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  • Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men

    Robert H. Topel;Robert H. Topel;Michael P. Ward

  • Immigrants in the American labor market: quality assimilation and distributional effects.

    LaLonde Rj;Topel Rh

  • Why Has the Natural Rate of Unemployment Increased over Time

    Chinhui Juhn;Kevin M Murphy;Robert H Topel

  • The Economic Value of Medical Research

    Kevin M. Murphy;Robert Topel

  • Specific capital and unemployment: Measuring the costs and consequences of job loss

    Robert Topel;Robert Topel

  • Regional labor markets and the determinants of wage inequality

    Robert H. Topel

  • Wage Dispersion between and within U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-1986

    Stephen J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;John Haltiwanger

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin M. Murphy
Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Hoover Institution
John Haltiwanger
John Haltiwanger University of Maryland, College Park
Sherwin Rosen
Sherwin Rosen University of Chicago
Finis Welch
Finis Welch Texas A&M University
Michael P. Ward
Michael P. Ward University of Sydney
Per-Anders Edin
Per-Anders Edin Uppsala University
Mark A. Cohen
Mark A. Cohen Vanderbilt University
Don Fullerton
Don Fullerton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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