Devah Pager

9.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
37 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Devah Pager is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Devah Pager has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Devah Pager's work include Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (13 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (12 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers). Devah Pager is often cited by papers focused on Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (13 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (12 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 papers). Devah Pager collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Devah Pager's co-authors include Lincoln Quillian, Hana Shepherd, Bruce Western, Bart Bonikowski, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Eric Grodsky, Naomi F. Sugie, David S. Pedulla, Mario Luis Small and Anthony Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Devah Pager

35 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets

2008 1.3k citations Devah Pager, Hana Shepherd profile →
Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market

2009 700 citations Devah Pager, Bart Bonikowski et al. American Sociological Review profile →
Black Neighbors, Higher Crime? The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime

2001 514 citations Lincoln Quillian, Devah Pager American Journal of Sociology profile →
Marked

2007 511 citations Devah Pager profile →
Walking the Talk? What Employers Say Versus What They Do

2005 473 citations Devah Pager, Lincoln Quillian American Sociological Review profile →
Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time

2017 470 citations Lincoln Quillian, Devah Pager et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records

2009 290 citations Devah Pager, Bruce Western et al. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science profile →
Do Some Countries Discriminate More than Others? Evidence from 97 Field Experiments of Racial Discrimination in Hiring

2019 167 citations Lincoln Quillian, Anthony Heath et al. Sociological Science profile →
Sociological Perspectives on Racial Discrimination

2020 133 citations Devah Pager et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Devah Pager United States	25	4.8k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	532	37	6.1k
Lincoln Quillian United States	24	5.0k 1.0×	811 0.7×	688 0.6×	648 0.6×	382 0.7×	42	5.8k
William Darity United States	38	3.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	807 0.8×	371 0.7×	242	6.0k
Christopher Uggen United States	39	5.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.8×	466 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 2.8×	122	7.1k
Bruce Western United States	47	6.9k 1.4×	3.9k 3.2×	1.5k 1.3×	954 0.9×	1.4k 2.6×	117	10.1k
Geoff Payne United Kingdom	17	3.0k 0.6×	634 0.5×	359 0.3×	672 0.6×	474 0.9×	52	4.9k
Deborah A. Cobb‐Clark Australia	37	2.7k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	626 0.6×	602 1.1×	219	5.3k
Richard Wright United States	44	5.2k 1.1×	921 0.8×	613 0.5×	226 0.2×	924 1.7×	169	6.5k
Joe Soss United States	31	2.7k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	613 0.5×	898 0.9×	267 0.5×	58	5.5k
Barbara F. Reskin United States	39	4.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	4.3k 4.1×	218 0.4×	70	8.9k
Andrew Leigh Australia	35	2.2k 0.5×	604 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	636 0.6×	166 0.3×	206	4.5k

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Goldstein, Rebecca, et al.. (2024). The long-term impact of debt relief for indigent defendants in a misdemeanor court. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(51). e2415066121–e2415066121.

Quillian, Lincoln, et al.. (2019). Do Some Countries Discriminate More than Others? Evidence from 97 Field Experiments of Racial Discrimination in Hiring. Sociological Science. 6. 467–496. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

Quillian, Lincoln, et al.. (2017). Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(41). 10870–10875. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

Lundquist, Jennifer Hickes, et al.. (2017). Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from One of America’s Largest Employers. Social Forces. 96(3). 1039–1068. 39 indexed citations

Pager, Devah. (2016). Are Firms That Discriminate More Likely to Go Out of Business?. Sociological Science. 3. 849–859. 30 indexed citations

Phelps, Michelle S. & Devah Pager. (2015). Inequality and Punishment. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 663(1). 185–203. 48 indexed citations

Pager, Devah & David S. Pedulla. (2015). Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process. American Journal of Sociology. 120(4). 1005–1054. 98 indexed citations

Pager, Devah & Bruce Western. (2012). Identifying Discrimination at Work: The Use of Field Experiments. Journal of Social Issues. 68(2). 221–237. 71 indexed citations

Pager, Devah & David S. Pedulla. (2011). Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process: A Case Study of the Unemployed in New Jersey. 1 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah, Bruce Western, & David S. Pedulla. (2009). Employment Discrimination and the Changing Landscape of Low-Wage Labor Markets. The University of Chicago legal forum. 2009(1). 9. 4 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah, Bart Bonikowski, & Bruce Western. (2009). Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market. American Sociological Review. 74(5). 777–799. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pager, Devah, Bruce Western, & Bart Bonikowski. (2009). Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 46 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah & Hana Shepherd. (2008). The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets. PubMed Central. 5 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah, et al.. (2008). Bayesian Bigot? Statistical Discrimination, Stereotypes, and Employer Decision Making. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 621(1). 70–93. 152 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah. (2007). Marked. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pager, Devah. (2006). The Use of Field Experiments for Studies of Employment Discrimination: Contributions, Critiques, and Directions for the Future. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 609(1). 104–133. 366 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah & Bruce Western. (2005). Discrimination in Low-Wage Labor Markets: Results from an Experimental Audit Study in New York City. 1–17. 4 indexed citations

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Pager, Devah. (2003). Blacks and Ex-Cons Need not Apply. Contexts. 2(4). 58–59. 2 indexed citations

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Grodsky, Eric & Devah Pager. (2001). The Structure of Disadvantage: Individual and Occupational Determinants of the Black-White Wage Gap. American Sociological Review. 66(4). 542–567. 52 indexed citations

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Quillian, Lincoln & Devah Pager. (2001). Black Neighbors, Higher Crime? The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime. American Journal of Sociology. 107(3). 717–767. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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