Björn Gustafsson

5.1k citations
137 papers · 2.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 26
Topics
Income, Poverty, and Inequality (52 papers)China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (29 papers)Migration and Labor Dynamics (23 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaAmerican Sociological ReviewSocial Science & Medicine
Partner nations
SwedenGermanyChina

In The Last Decade

Björn Gustafsson

128 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

THE URBAN–RURAL INCOME GAP AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA20072026201320192007100200300400

Peers

Björn Gustafsson
Comparison fields: 5 of 133
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.6k
  • Economics and Econometrics 883
  • Political Science and International Relations 821
  • General Health Professions 448
  • Safety Research 275
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Countries citing papers authored by Björn Gustafsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Gustafsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Björn Gustafsson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Björn Gustafsson. The network helps show where Björn Gustafsson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Gustafsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Björn Gustafsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Björn Gustafsson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Björn Gustafsson. Björn Gustafsson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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3 13
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2011-16 A New Episode of Increased Urban Income Inequality in China
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11 163
12 39
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A Tale of Two Countries: Poverty among Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden since 1984
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Income Inequality Within and Across Counties in Rural China 1988 and 1995
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Effects of the Transition on the Distribution of Income in China: A Study Decomposing the Gini Coefficient for 1988 and 1995
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Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare - An International Perspective
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Kommunerna och socialbidraget
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About Björn Gustafsson

Björn Gustafsson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Safety Research, having authored 137 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (52 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (29 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (1.6k citations), Political Science and International Relations (821 citations) and Safety Research (275 citations). Björn Gustafsson has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and China. Frequent co-authors include Shi Li, Terry Sicular, Mats Johansson, Ximing Yue, Torun Österberg, Hiroshi Satō, Wei Zhong, Quheng Deng, Shi Li and Edward Palmer. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine.

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