D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Robin Burgess

London School of Economics and Political Science
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Economics and Finance D-index 34 Citations 16,676 103 World Ranking 1810 National Ranking 225

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

World War II
Poverty
Economy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Development economics, Investment, Incentive, Balance and Capital. His Development economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Poverty, Income distribution and Human development. His Poverty research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Developing country, Commercial bank, Redistribution and Land reform.

His Incentive research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Payment and Industrial organization, Unbundling. His research in Balance intersects with topics in Industrial relations, Urban poverty and Productivity. He has researched Panel data in several fields, including Political economy and Democracy.

His most cited work include:

The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India (1031 citations)
Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India (957 citations)
Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the indian social banking experiment (606 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Poverty, Development economics, Developing country, Economic growth and Asset. His work on Rural poverty as part of general Poverty research is often related to Skills training, thus linking different fields of science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Welfare and Redistribution.

His study on Developing country also encompasses disciplines like

State which intersects with area such as Environmental resource management,
Land reform and related Panel data. The Labour economics study combines topics in areas such as Productivity, Production, Capital and International economics. His work deals with themes such as Balance and Investment, which intersect with Productivity.

He most often published in these fields:

Poverty (48.15%)
Development economics (45.68%)
Developing country (33.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

Developing country (33.33%)
Demographic economics (21.60%)
Human capital (20.99%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Robin Burgess mostly deals with Developing country, Demographic economics, Human capital, Youth unemployment and Variation. The various areas that Robin Burgess examines in his Developing country study include State, Deforestation and Environmental resource management. His Demographic economics research includes elements of Per capita income, Structural change, Aggregate productivity and Spatial inequality.

Robin Burgess interconnects Index, Vocational education, Wage and Subsidy in the investigation of issues within Human capital. His Subsidy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Payment, Finance and Distribution. The concepts of his Youth unemployment study are interwoven with issues in Women's empowerment and Empowerment.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance (17 citations)
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda (7 citations)
The consequences of treating electricity as a right (5 citations)

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Best Publications

Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the indian social banking experiment

Robin Burgess;Rohini Pande.
The American Economic Review (2005)

3669 Citations

The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2002)

2097 Citations

Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2004)

1890 Citations

Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India

Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

926 Citations

Taxation and development

Robin Burgess;Nicholas H Stern.
Journal of Economic Literature (1992)

805 Citations

The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Philippe Aghion;Robin Burgess;Stephen J. Redding;Fabrizio Zilibotti.
The American Economic Review (2008)

681 Citations

The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

Robin Burgess;Remi Jedwab;Edward Miguel;Ameet Morjaria.
The American Economic Review (2015)

647 Citations

The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics

Robin Burgess;Matthew Hansen;Benjamin Olken;Peter Potapov.
Research Papers in Economics (2012)

644 Citations

Halving global poverty

Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess.
Journal of Economic Perspectives (2003)

583 Citations

Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Timothy J. Besley;Robin Burgess.
Research Papers in Economics (2002)

334 Citations

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External Links

Personal Website for Robin Burgess