Jacob Weisdorf

2.2k total citations
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jacob Weisdorf is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, History and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Weisdorf has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in History and 11 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Jacob Weisdorf's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (28 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (16 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (10 papers). Jacob Weisdorf is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (28 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (16 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (10 papers). Jacob Weisdorf collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and Italy. Jacob Weisdorf's co-authors include Jane Humphries, Holger Strulik, Robert C. Allen, Paul Sharp, Marc Klemp, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Carlo Ciccarelli, Alessandro Nuvolari, Francesco Cinnirella and Sara Horrell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics and Demography.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Weisdorf

51 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob Weisdorf Denmark 18 795 286 212 154 118 53 1.1k
Morgan Kelly Ireland 16 584 0.7× 151 0.5× 158 0.7× 46 0.3× 27 0.2× 42 853
Robert E. Gallman United States 13 562 0.7× 91 0.3× 246 1.2× 69 0.4× 102 0.9× 53 936
J.L. van Zanden Netherlands 16 615 0.8× 160 0.6× 189 0.9× 107 0.7× 30 0.3× 73 938
Roger L. Ransom United States 14 517 0.7× 176 0.6× 353 1.7× 43 0.3× 87 0.7× 41 978
Carole Shammas United States 16 361 0.5× 82 0.3× 210 1.0× 134 0.9× 82 0.7× 48 743
Nico Voigtländer United States 17 814 1.0× 749 2.6× 790 3.7× 69 0.4× 120 1.0× 35 1.7k
Philip T. Hoffman United States 17 609 0.8× 212 0.7× 202 1.0× 173 1.1× 22 0.2× 56 898
Şevket Pamuk Türkiye 18 624 0.8× 394 1.4× 393 1.9× 101 0.7× 27 0.2× 55 1.2k
Vincent Geloso United States 17 602 0.8× 154 0.5× 427 2.0× 32 0.2× 37 0.3× 141 915
Mark Koyama United States 17 542 0.7× 482 1.7× 463 2.2× 50 0.3× 33 0.3× 65 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jacob Weisdorf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacob Weisdorf

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Weisdorf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weisdorf, Jacob, Jane Humphries, & Sara Horrell. (2021). Family standards of living over the long run, England 1280-1850. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 14 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Jacob Weisdorf. (2021). Beyond the male breadwinner: Life‐cycle living standards of intact and disrupted English working families, 1260–1850. The Economic History Review. 75(2). 530–560. 20 indexed citations
3.
Jerven, Morten, et al.. (2021). A Case of its Own? A Review of Italy’s Colonisation of Eritrea, 1890-1941. Journal of European economic history. 50(1). 82–115. 2 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Jacob Weisdorf. (2020). Malthus's missing women and children: demography and wages in historical perspective, England 1280-1850. European Economic Review. 129. 103534–103534. 6 indexed citations
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Humphries, Jane & Jacob Weisdorf. (2019). Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1850. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 88 indexed citations
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Croix, David de la, Eric B. Schneider, & Jacob Weisdorf. (2019). Childlessness, celibacy and net fertility in pre-industrial England: the middle-class evolutionary advantage. Journal of Economic Growth. 24(3). 223–256. 17 indexed citations
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Humphries, Jane & Jacob Weisdorf. (2015). The wages of women in England, 1260-1850. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 79 indexed citations
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Humphries, Jane & Jacob Weisdorf. (2015). The Wages of Women in England, 1260–1850. The Journal of Economic History. 75(2). 405–447. 3 indexed citations
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Waldenström, Daniel, et al.. (2012). Citation Success:Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 30 indexed citations
10.
Klemp, Marc & Jacob Weisdorf. (2012). Fecundity, Fertility and Family Reconstitution Data: The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off Revisited. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Sharp, Paul & Jacob Weisdorf. (2011). French revolution or industrial revolution? A note on the contrasting experiences of England and France up to 1800. Cliometrica. 6(1). 79–88. 12 indexed citations
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Strulik, Holger & Jacob Weisdorf. (2010). How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the Industrial Revolution and the Demographic Transition: A Theoretical Inquiry. Econstor (Econstor). 2 indexed citations
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Weisdorf, Jacob. (2009). Why did the first farmers toil? Human metabolism and the origins of agriculture. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 8 indexed citations
14.
Guzmán, Ricardo Andrés & Jacob Weisdorf. (2009). Product Variety and the Demographic Transition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Guzmán, Ricardo Andrés & Jacob Weisdorf. (2009). Product variety and the demographic transition. Economics Letters. 107(1). 74–76. 2 indexed citations
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Weisdorf, Jacob. (2008). Malthus revisited: Fertility decision making based on quasi-linear preferences. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 11 indexed citations
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Strulik, Holger & Jacob Weisdorf. (2008). Birth, Death, and Development: A Simple Unified Growth Theory. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Weisdorf, Jacob. (2008). From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: Long-Run Growth and Agricultural Development. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen).
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Weisdorf, Jacob. (2007). Made for Toil: Natural Selection at the Dawn of Agriculture. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
20.
Weisdorf, Jacob. (2004). From stagnation to growth: Revisiting three historical regimes. Journal of Population Economics. 17(3). 27 indexed citations

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