2026 Steven G. Rivkin: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	3967	3661	1883	1705	76	27846

Steven G. Rivkin publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven G. Rivkin sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Steven G. Rivkin D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven G. Rivkin sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steven G. Rivkin is affiliated with Amherst College in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a strong focus on education. Their work addresses several subfields, including education, sociology and political science, demography, management science and operations research, and statistics and probability.

Among their main research topics are school choice and performance, parental involvement in education, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, global educational reforms and inequalities, evaluation and performance assessment, higher education research studies, and advanced causal inference techniques.

The list of recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven G. Rivkin includes:

"Performance Information and Personnel Decisions in the Public Sector," 2021, The Journal of Human Resources
"Attracting and Retaining Highly Effective Educators in Hard-to-Staff Schools," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Academic Mobility in U.S. Public Schools: Evidence from Nearly 3 Million Students," 2023, Journal of Public Economics
"The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
"School District Investments in General Skills: The Case of Principal Residency Programs," 2023, IZA Journal of Labor Economics

Steven G. Rivkin frequently publishes in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Public Economics
IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Studies In Educational Evaluation

Collaborations have been made with several frequent co-authors, among them:

Eric A. Hanushek
Gregory Phelan
Minh Nguyen
Wes Austin
Dan Goldhaber

Best Publications

Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

Steven G. Rivkin;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain

8965
Citations
Why Public Schools Lose Teachers

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

2796
Citations
Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Jacob M. Markman;Steven G. Rivkin

1646
Citations
Generalizations about Using Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality

Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

1270
Citations
The Market for Teacher Quality

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Daniel M. O'Brien

1132
Citations
Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

Eric Hanushek;John Kain;Steven Rivkin

1067
Citations
New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

1052
Citations
Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of School Resources

Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin;Lori L. Taylor

882
Citations
Disruption versus Tiebout improvement: the costs and benefits of switching schools

Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin

752
Citations
The Market for Teacher Quality

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

626
Citations
Pay, Working Conditions, and Teacher Quality

Eric Alan Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

502
Citations
The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy

Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin

477
Citations
How to Improve the Supply of High-Quality Teachers

Eric Alan Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

467
Citations
Charter school quality and parental decision making with school choice

Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Gregory F. Branch

465
Citations
Estimating the Effect of Leaders on Public Sector Productivity: the Case of School Principals

Gregory Branch;Gregory F. Branch;Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

457
Citations
Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size

Christopher. Jepsen;Steven G. Rivkin

398
Citations
The Market for Teacher Quality. NBER Working Paper No. 11154.

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

353
Citations
Do Higher Salaries Buy Better Teachers

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

353
Citations
DOES POLLUTION INCREASE SCHOOL ABSENCES

Janet Marion Currie;Eric A. Hanushek;E. Megan Kahn;Matthew Neidell

342
Citations
Inferring Program Effects for Special Populations: Does Special Education Raise Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

330
Citations
Harming the best: How schools affect the black-white achievement gap

Eric A. Hanushek;Steven G. Rivkin

299
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Hanushek Hoover Institution

John F. Kain The University of Texas at Dallas

Janet Currie Princeton University

Matthew Neidell Columbia University

Costas Meghir Yale University

Finis Welch Texas A&M University

Dan Goldhaber University of Washington

Helen F. Ladd Duke University

External Links

Personal website of Steven G. Rivkin

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