Heather Sarsons

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 629 citations indexed

About

Heather Sarsons is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Sarsons has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 629 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 4 papers in Safety Research and 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Heather Sarsons's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (4 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers). Heather Sarsons is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (4 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers). Heather Sarsons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Hong Kong. Heather Sarsons's co-authors include Barbara Biasi, Ernesto Reuben, Arthur Schram, Klarita Gërxhani, Guo Xu, Marie Paul and Jonas Hjort and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Heather Sarsons

11 papers receiving 610 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 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.

Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap

2021 122 citations Barbara Biasi, Heather Sarsons The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Sarsons United States	7	226	212	199	111	63	13	629
Stephen B. Jarrell United States	11	404 1.8×	177 0.8×	253 1.3×	44 0.4×	15 0.2×	15	808
Abena D. Oduro Ghana	15	270 1.2×	153 0.7×	169 0.8×	173 1.6×	112 1.8×	39	746
Arthur Mason United States	11	202 0.9×	200 0.9×	278 1.4×	194 1.7×	62 1.0×	31	772
Janneke Pieters Netherlands	18	479 2.1×	342 1.6×	339 1.7×	137 1.2×	100 1.6×	43	984
Isis Gaddis United States	14	397 1.8×	275 1.3×	262 1.3×	109 1.0×	86 1.4×	41	828
Benoît Dostie Canada	12	241 1.1×	66 0.3×	151 0.8×	130 1.2×	31 0.5×	56	566
Pedro Telhado Pereira Portugal	14	594 2.6×	65 0.3×	304 1.5×	67 0.6×	7 0.1×	40	829
Christophe Jalil Nordman France	16	387 1.7×	104 0.5×	185 0.9×	80 0.7×	17 0.3×	62	604
Arya Gaduh United States	9	164 0.7×	29 0.1×	232 1.2×	118 1.1×	18 0.3×	22	562
Andrew D. Mason United States	8	481 2.1×	84 0.4×	212 1.1×	100 0.9×	30 0.5×	16	733

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Sarsons

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Sarsons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heather Sarsons. 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 Heather Sarsons. The network helps show where Heather Sarsons may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Sarsons

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

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Hjort, Jonas, et al.. (2025). Across-Country Wage Compression in Multinationals. American Economic Review. 116(1). 52–87.

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Sarsons, Heather. (2024). How the other half works: Claudia Goldin's contributions to our understanding of women's labour market outcomes. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 126(3). 419–439.

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Paul, Marie, et al.. (2024). Moving to Opportunity, Together. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

4.

Biasi, Barbara & Heather Sarsons. (2021). Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 137(1). 215–266. 122 indexed citations breakdown →

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Biasi, Barbara & Heather Sarsons. (2021). Information, Confidence, and the Gender Gap in Bargaining. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 111. 174–178. 14 indexed citations

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Sarsons, Heather & Guo Xu. (2021). Confidence Men? Evidence on Confidence and Gender among Top Economists. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 111. 65–68. 13 indexed citations

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Biasi, Barbara & Heather Sarsons. (2020). Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Biasi, Barbara & Heather Sarsons. (2020). Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Sarsons, Heather, Klarita Gërxhani, Ernesto Reuben, & Arthur Schram. (2020). Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work. Journal of Political Economy. 129(1). 101–147. 151 indexed citations

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Hjort, Jonas, et al.. (2020). Across-Country Wage Compression in Multinationals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Sarsons, Heather. (2017). Recognition for Group Work: Gender Differences in Academia. American Economic Review. 107(5). 141–145. 185 indexed citations

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Sarsons, Heather. (2015). Rainfall and conflict: A cautionary tale. Journal of Development Economics. 115. 62–72. 129 indexed citations

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Sarsons, Heather. (2011). RAINFALL AND CONFLICT. 10 indexed citations

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