Dean Karlan

1.1k total papers · 29.9k total citations
213 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Dean Karlan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean Karlan has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 74 papers in Accounting and 55 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Dean Karlan's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (95 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (50 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (37 papers). Dean Karlan is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (95 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (50 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (37 papers). Dean Karlan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Dean Karlan's co-authors include Jonathan Zinman, Christopher Udry, Xavier Giné, Naeem Ashraf, Wen‐Yan Yin, Abhijit Banerjee, Robert Osei, Martín Valdivia, John A. List and Sendhil Mullainathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dean Karlan

194 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
    2006 917 citations Naeem Ashraf, Dean Karlan et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →
  2. Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints *
    2014 640 citations Dean Karlan, Robert Osei et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →
  3. A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries
    2015 553 citations Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo et al. Science profile →
  4. Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps
    2015 550 citations Abhijit Banerjee, Dean Karlan et al. American Economic Journal Applied Economics profile →
  5. Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts
    2009 515 citations Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman Review of Financial Studies profile →
  6. Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions
    2009 369 citations Alan S. Gerber, Dean Karlan et al. American Economic Journal Applied Economics profile →
  7. Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving
    2016 359 citations Dean Karlan, Margaret McConnell et al. Management Science profile →
  8. Savings by and for the Poor: A Research Review and Agenda
    2014 292 citations Dean Karlan, Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan et al. Review of Income and Wealth profile →
  9. Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Quash the Hope? A Field Experiment in Mexico on Voter Turnout, Choice, and Party Identification
    2014 252 citations Alberto Chong, Ana L. De La O et al. The Journal of Politics profile →
  10. Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco
    2015 228 citations Manuela Angelucci, Dean Karlan et al. American Economic Journal Applied Economics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dean Karlan 7.5k 3.6k 3.0k 2.6k 1.4k 213 12.4k
David McKenzie 6.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 5.7k 2.2× 325 0.2× 286 13.8k
Timothy Besley 8.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 3.8k 1.5× 425 0.3× 159 13.3k
Jonathan Morduch 6.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.9× 100 8.4k
Jonathan Zinman 4.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 922 0.3× 714 0.3× 777 0.6× 102 6.4k
Robert Lensink 4.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 976 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 207 8.1k
Orazio Attanasio 5.8k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 156 0.1× 225 10.4k
Rachel Croson 3.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 5.1k 1.7× 3.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 111 12.4k
George J. Stigler 11.7k 1.6× 3.4k 0.9× 1000 0.3× 4.2k 1.6× 464 0.3× 159 21.1k
Xavier Giné 2.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 909 0.3× 761 0.3× 399 0.3× 118 4.7k
Armin Falk 7.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 8.9k 3.0× 5.7k 2.3× 329 0.2× 208 19.5k

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