Duncan Thomas

16.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Duncan Thomas is a scholar working on Gender Studies, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Duncan Thomas has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Gender Studies, 31 papers in General Health Professions and 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Duncan Thomas's work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (32 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (26 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (19 papers). Duncan Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (32 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (26 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (19 papers). Duncan Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Indonesia. Duncan Thomas's co-authors include John Strauss, John S. Strauss, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Janet Currie, Luis Rubalcava, Bondan Sikoki, Wayan Suriastini, Cecep Sumantri, Graciela Teruel and James P. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Duncan Thomas

110 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Intra-Household Resource Allocation: An Inferential Approach 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1995 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Duncan Thomas United States 42 2.9k 2.7k 2.4k 1.9k 1.9k 114 8.5k
Christina Paxson United States 43 1.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 2.8k 1.5× 76 8.6k
Stephan Klasen Germany 53 2.1k 0.7× 3.1k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 3.3k 1.7× 1.0k 0.5× 220 8.9k
Anne Case United States 42 2.1k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 4.1k 2.1× 3.5k 1.9× 79 12.4k
Janet Currie United States 59 1.9k 0.7× 3.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.9× 4.8k 2.6× 213 14.4k
Quentin Wodon United States 36 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 790 0.3× 1.6k 0.8× 935 0.5× 359 7.2k
Agnes Quisumbing United States 59 4.6k 1.6× 2.7k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 3.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.0× 214 12.2k
Harold Alderman United States 48 4.0k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 849 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 154 9.1k
Paul Glewwe United States 36 3.1k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 585 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 937 0.5× 115 7.3k
John Hoddinott United States 55 5.6k 2.0× 3.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 2.8k 1.4× 2.6k 1.4× 260 12.8k
Mónica Das Gupta United States 31 1.4k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 3.0k 1.3× 899 0.5× 989 0.5× 89 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Duncan Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Duncan Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Duncan Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Duncan Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Duncan Thomas 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 Duncan Thomas. Duncan Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
LaFave, Daniel, Evan D. Peet, & Duncan Thomas. (2024). Farm profits, prices and household behavior. Journal of Development Economics. 174. 103423–103423.
2.
LaFave, Daniel & Duncan Thomas. (2014). Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Agricultural Labor Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
3.
Nobles, Jenna, Elizabeth Frankenberg, & Duncan Thomas. (2014). The Effects of Mortality on Fertility: Population Dynamics after a Natural Disaster. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
4.
LaFave, Daniel & Duncan Thomas. (2014). Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Completeness of Markets in Agricultural Settings. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
5.
Thomas, Duncan, Elizabeth Duncan, & Jed Friedman. (2013). Causal effect of health on labor market outcomes : evidence from a random assignment iron supplementation intervention. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
6.
Thomas, Duncan & Jed Friedman. (2012). Psychological Health Before, During, and After an Economic Crisis. The World Bank Economic Review. 1 indexed citations
7.
Strauss, John S. & Duncan Thomas. (2007). Health Over the Life Course. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4. 3375–3474. 87 indexed citations
8.
Hamoudi, Amar & Duncan Thomas. (2006). Do You Care? Altruism and Inter-Generational Exchanges in Mexico. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 12 indexed citations
9.
Frankenberg, Elizabeth, Wayan Suriastini, & Duncan Thomas. (2004). Can Expanding Access to Basic Health Care Improve Children's Health Status? Lessons from Indonesia's "Midwife in the Village" Program. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations
10.
Frankenberg, Elizabeth, Christopher McKelvey, & Duncan Thomas. (2004). Fertility Regulation and Economic Shocks. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
11.
Seltzer, Judith A., Christine A. Bachrach, Suzanne M. Bianchi, et al.. (2004). Designing New Models for Explaining Family Change and Variation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 11 indexed citations
12.
Rubalcava, Luis, Graciela Teruel, & Duncan Thomas. (2004). Spending, Saving and Public Transfers Paid to Women. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 22 indexed citations
13.
Thomas, Duncan & Elizabeth Frankenberg. (2002). Health, nutrition and economic prosperity: A micro-economic perspective. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 30 indexed citations
14.
Thomas, Duncan, et al.. (2002). Distribution of power within the household and child health. MPRA Paper. 72 indexed citations
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Currie, Janet & Duncan Thomas. (2000). The Intergenerational Transmission of 'Intelligence' Down the Slippery Slopes of 'The Bell Curve'. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Currie, Janet & Duncan Thomas. (1996). Head Start and Cognition Among Latino Children. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
17.
Thomas, Duncan, et al.. (1995). The demographic transition in Southern Africa: Another look at the evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe. RAND Corporation eBooks. 31(2). 185–207. 18 indexed citations
18.
Currie, Janet & Duncan Thomas. (1995). Medical care for children: Public insurance, private insurance and racial differences in utilization. RAND Corporation eBooks. 2 indexed citations
19.
Strauss, John & Duncan Thomas. (1995). Health nutrition and economic development.. Journal of Economic Literature. 36(2). 766–817. 1159 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Thomas, Duncan. (1992). The Distribution of Income and Expenditure within the Household. Annals of Economics and Statistics. 109–135. 107 indexed citations

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