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Wojciech Kopczuk publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wojciech Kopczuk sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Wojciech Kopczuk D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wojciech Kopczuk sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wojciech Kopczuk is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersections of economics, econometrics, and finance, with particular emphasis on fiscal policy, corporate taxation, and income inequality.

The main fields of study for Wojciech Kopczuk include:

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

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Accounting
  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

The primary research topics addressed by Kopczuk are:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Taxation and Legal Issues

Kopczuk has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • National Tax Journal
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • Oxford Open Economics

Selected recent publications are:

  • "Business Incomes at the Top," 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "NORWEGIAN AND U.S. POLICIES ALLEVIATE BUSINESS VULNERABILITY DUE TO THE COVID-19 SHOCK EQUALLY WELL," 2020, National Tax Journal
  • "Measuring Income and Income Inequality," 2025, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "Saving Effects of a Real-Life Imperfectly Implemented Wealth Tax: Evidence from Norwegian Micro Data," 2022, AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • "Top income inequality and tax policy," 2024, Oxford Open Economics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Annette Alstadsæter
  • Simen Markussen
  • Dinara Alpysbayeva
  • Oddbjørn Raaum
  • Eric Zwick

In 2005, Kopczuk was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Earnings Inequality and Mobility in the United States: Evidence from Social Security Data Since 1937

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Emmanuel Saez;Jae Song

  • To Leave or Not To Leave: The Distribution of Bequest Motives

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Joseph P. Lupton

  • Top Wealth Shares in the United States, 1916-2000: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Emmanuel Saez

  • Tax Bases, Tax Rates and the Elasticity of Reported Income

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The Optimal Elasticity of Taxable Income

    Joel Slemrod;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • To Leave or Not to Leave: The Distribution of Bequest Motives

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  • Transfer Program Complexity and the Take-Up of Social Benefits

    Henrik Jacobsen Kleven;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • What Do We Know About Evolution of Top Wealth Shares in the United States

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Uncovering the American Dream: Inequality and Mobility in Social Security Earnings Data since 1937

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Emmanuel Saez;Jae Song

  • Putting Firms into Optimal Tax Theory

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Joel Slemrod

  • Electronic filing, tax preparers and participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit ☆

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Cristian Pop-Eleches

  • Top Wealth Shares in the United States: 1916-2000: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns

    Emmanuel Saez;Emmanuel Saez;Wojciech Kopczuk;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Taxation of Intergenerational Transfers and Wealth

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Taxation of Intergenerational Transfers and Wealth

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Bequest and Tax Planning: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The Role of Bequests in Shaping Wealth Inequality: Evidence from Danish Wealth Records

    Simon H. Boserup;Wojciech Kopczuk;Claus T. Kreiner

  • Uncovering the American Dream: Inequality and Mobility in Social Security Earnings Data since 1937

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Emmanuel Saez;Jae Song

  • Economics of estate taxation: a brief review of theory and evidence

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The First Weeks of the Coronavirus Crisis: Who Got Hit, When and Why? Evidence from Norway

    Annette Alstadsæter;Bernt Bratsberg;Gaute Eielsen;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Women, Wealth and Mobility

    Lena Edlund;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Dying to Save Taxes: Evidence from Estate-Tax Returns on the Death Elasticity

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Joel Slemrod

  • Economics of estate taxation: a brief review of theory and evidence

    Wojciech Kopczuk

  • The Impact of the Estate Tax on the Wealth Accumulation and Avoidance Behavior of Donors

    Joel Slemrod;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • To leave or not to leave: the distribution of bequest motives

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Joseph P. Lupton

  • The choice of the personal income tax base

    Roger H. Gordon;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • Does Tax-Collection Invariance Hold? Evasion and the Pass-Through of State Diesel Taxes

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Justin Marion;Erich Muehlegger;Joel Slemrod

  • Mansion Tax: The Effect of Transfer Taxes on the Residential Real Estate Market

    Wojciech Kopczuk;Wojciech Kopczuk

  • BEQUEST AND TAX PLANNING: EVIDENCE FROM ESTATE TAX RETURNS (Forthcoming in the QJE)

    Wojciech Kopczuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez University of California, Berkeley
Jae Song
Jae Song United States Social Security Administration
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven Princeton University
Shlomo Yitzhaki
Shlomo Yitzhaki Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bernt Bratsberg
Bernt Bratsberg University of Oslo
Oddbjørn Raaum
Oddbjørn Raaum University of Oslo
Roger H. Gordon
Roger H. Gordon University of California, San Diego

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