James Heckman

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 669 citations indexed

About

James Heckman is a scholar working on Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, James Heckman has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 669 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Safety Research, 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 2 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in James Heckman's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (1 paper). James Heckman is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (1 paper). James Heckman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Netherlands. James Heckman's co-authors include Dimitriy V. Masterov, Richard J. Butler, Christopher J. Flinn, Rodrigo Pinto, Arianna Zanolini, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Paul Gertler, Susan Walker, Arlen Rowe and Marjorie D. Bravo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Economic Inquiry and Acta Horticulturae.

In The Last Decade

James Heckman

7 papers receiving 560 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.

The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children

2007 603 citations James Heckman, Dimitriy V. Masterov Review of Agricultural Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Heckman United States	5	329	179	139	85	85	8	669
Stefano Mosso United States	4	207 0.6×	257 1.4×	98 0.7×	54 0.6×	117 1.4×	4	580
Adam Yavitz United States	4	559 1.7×	238 1.3×	241 1.7×	162 1.9×	114 1.3×	7	961
Amy Hsin United States	12	342 1.0×	446 2.5×	81 0.6×	167 2.0×	33 0.4×	26	774
Meltem Dayıoğlu Türkiye	11	128 0.4×	192 1.1×	153 1.1×	31 0.4×	86 1.0×	26	474
Kirstine Hansen United Kingdom	15	211 0.6×	291 1.6×	41 0.3×	120 1.4×	69 0.8×	34	700
Nader Kabbani Lebanon	7	385 1.2×	143 0.8×	106 0.8×	130 1.5×	26 0.3×	9	608
Frances Hunt United Kingdom	11	350 1.1×	124 0.7×	265 1.9×	82 1.0×	20 0.2×	36	616
Daniel Santos Brazil	11	207 0.6×	85 0.5×	82 0.6×	142 1.7×	71 0.8×	40	506
Gina Adams United States	12	645 2.0×	194 1.1×	125 0.9×	206 2.4×	19 0.2×	34	828
Ronna Cook United States	7	604 1.8×	155 0.9×	261 1.9×	287 3.4×	18 0.2×	12	870

Countries citing papers authored by James Heckman

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Heckman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Heckman

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Brumfield, Robin G., et al.. (2023). Online workshop empowers women farmers to manage business risk during the pandemic. Acta Horticulturae. 315–322.

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Brumfield, Robin G., et al.. (2015). USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE ANNIE'S PROJECT WOMEN FARMER TRAINING. Acta Horticulturae. 15–18. 2 indexed citations

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Heckman, James, Paul Gertler, Rodrigo Pinto, et al.. (2013). Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation: A 20-Year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Heckman, James. (2011). Integrating Personality Psychology into Economics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33(3). 1–31. 6 indexed citations

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Heckman, James. (2010). THE EFFECT OF PRAYER ON GOD’S ATTITUDE TOWARD MANKIND. Economic Inquiry. 48(1). 234–235. 2 indexed citations

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Heckman, James & Dimitriy V. Masterov. (2007). The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children. Review of Agricultural Economics. 29(3). 446–493. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flinn, Christopher J. & James Heckman. (1983). The Likelihood Function for the Multistate-Multiepisode Model in: Models for the Analysis of Labor Force Dynamics. 17 indexed citations

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Butler, Richard J. & James Heckman. (1977). The Government's Impact on the Labor Market Status of Black Americans: A Critical Review. National Bureau of Economic Research. 28 indexed citations

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