2026 Sebastian Galiani: 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	52	1233	1096	742	643	337	17300

Overview

Sebastian Galiani is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with significant contributions to economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, as well as cultural studies and demography.

Their main subfields of study include:

Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Cultural Studies
Demography

Galiani has authored numerous papers, with recent publications covering topics in economic behavior, urban economics, and financial institutions. Selected recent papers include:

Trust and Saving in Financial Institutions by the Poor, 2022, Journal of Development Economics
Pandemic Economics, 2021, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Assessing External Validity, 2021, Research in Economics
Aspiration Adaptation in Resource-Constrained Environments, 2021, Journal of Urban Economics
Trust and Saving in Financial Institutions, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors are:

Gustavo Torrens
Paul Gertler
Jose Manuel Paz y Minõ
Mateo Uribe-Castro
Aidan Coville

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Research in Economics
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Development Economics

Core research topics addressed by Galiani's work span multiple areas such as:

Global Trade and Economics
Cuban History and Society
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

In addition to academic papers, Galiani has authored a book published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, titled Financing Municipal Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi's Informal Settlements (2021).

Best Publications

Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

Eduardo Cavallo;Sebastian Galiani;Ilan Noy;Juan Pantano

1826
Citations
Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality

Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Ernesto Schargrodsky

1392
Citations
Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality

Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Ernesto Schargrodsky

1388
Citations
The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance

Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler

1240
Citations
Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling ☆

Sebastian Galiani;Ernesto Schargrodsky

1129
Citations
Giving children a better start: preschool attendance and school-age profiles

Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani;Marco Manacorda

818
Citations
Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa

Abhijit Banerjee;Sebastian Galiani;Jim Levinsohn;Zoë McLaren

605
Citations
Housing, health, and happiness

Matias Cattaneo;Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Sebastian Martinez

581
Citations
The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance

Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler

498
Citations
School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind

Sebastian Galiani;Paul Gertler;Paul Gertler;Ernesto Schargrodsky

492
Citations
The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment

Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani

485
Citations
The effect of aid on growth : evidence from a quasi-experiment

Sebastian Galiani;Stephen Knack;Lixin Colin Xu;Ben Zou

379
Citations
Fertility and female labor supply in Latin America: New causal evidence

Guillermo Antonio Cruces;Sebastián Galiani

369
Citations
Giving children a better start: Preschool attendance and school-age profiles

Samuel Berlinski;Samuel Berlinski;Sebastian Galiani;Sebastian Galiani;Marco Manacorda

343
Citations
The Synth_Runner Package: Utilities to Automate Synthetic Control Estimation Using Synth:

Sebastian Galiani;Brian Quistorff

311
Citations
MODELING INFORMALITY FORMALLY: HOUSEHOLDS AND FIRMS

Sebastian Galiani;Federico Weinschelbaum

307
Citations
The impact of trade liberalization on wage inequality: evidence from Argentina

Sebastian Galiani;Pablo Sanguinetti

266
Citations
Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America : evidence from a supply-demand framework, 1990-2010

Leonardo Carlos Gasparini;Sebastián Galiani;Guillermo Antonio Cruces;Guillermo Antonio Cruces;Pablo A. Acosta

243
Citations
Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America: evidence from a supply-demand framework, 1990-2010

Leonardo Gasparini;Sebastian Galiani;Guillermo Cruces;Guillermo Cruces;Pablo A. Acosta

222
Citations
Effects of Land Titling on Child Health

Sebastian Galiani;Ernesto Schargrodsky

209
Citations
Housing, Health, and Happiness

Matias D. Cattaneo;Sebastian Galiani;Paul J. Gertler;Sebastian Martinez

203
Citations
Shelter from the storm: Upgrading housing infrastructure in Latin American slums

Sebastián Galiani;Paul J. Gertler;Ryan Cooper;Sebastián Martínez

161
Citations
Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality

Sebastian Galiani;Ernesto Schargrodsky;Paul J. Gertler;Paul J. Gertler

154
Citations
Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

Eduardo A. Cavallo;Sebastian Galiani;Ilan Noy;Juan Pantano

149
Citations
Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery

Sebastian Galiani;MartÃn A. Rossi;Ernesto Schargrodsky

142
Citations
Optimal Recall Period for Caregiver-reported Illness in Risk Factor and Intervention Studies: A Multicountry Study

Benjamin F. Arnold;Sebastian Galiani;Pavani K. Ram;Alan E. Hubbard

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Gertler University of California, Berkeley

Rafael Di Tella Harvard University

Federico Sturzenegger University of San Andrés

Alberto Chong Georgia State University

Hugo A. Hopenhayn University of California, Los Angeles

Mariano Tommasi University of San Andrés

Lixin Colin Xu World Bank

Stephen Knack World Bank

Ilan Noy Victoria University of Wellington

Maximo Torero Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

External Links

Personal website of Sebastian Galiani Google Scholar page

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