James X. Sullivan

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James X. Sullivan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, James X. Sullivan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in James X. Sullivan's work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (13 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (13 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers). James X. Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (13 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (13 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers). James X. Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. James X. Sullivan's co-authors include Bruce Meyer, Wallace K. C. Mok, Lesley Turner, Sheldon Danziger, William N. Evans, David C. Phillips, Stéphanie Pincetl, Andrew E. G. Jonas, Melissa S. Kearney and Marc T. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

James X. Sullivan

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Household Surveys in Crisis 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Household Surveys in Crisis
    2015 309 citations Bruce Meyer, James X. Sullivan et al. The Journal of Economic Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James X. Sullivan United States 18 745 668 545 473 397 38 1.7k
Holly Sutherland United Kingdom 23 673 0.9× 581 0.9× 466 0.9× 471 1.0× 147 0.4× 82 1.7k
Olivier Bargain France 25 938 1.3× 1.3k 1.9× 394 0.7× 904 1.9× 279 0.7× 134 2.4k
Sérgio Firpo Brazil 14 818 1.1× 1.6k 2.4× 558 1.0× 355 0.8× 185 0.5× 58 2.8k
Matthew Notowidigdo United States 24 531 0.7× 1.8k 2.6× 932 1.7× 361 0.8× 528 1.3× 50 2.6k
Marianne Bitler United States 26 466 0.6× 644 1.0× 819 1.5× 765 1.6× 418 1.1× 76 2.5k
Jeffrey Grogger United States 24 1.3k 1.8× 932 1.4× 572 1.0× 690 1.5× 261 0.7× 65 2.6k
Thomas F. Crossley United Kingdom 26 554 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 807 1.5× 402 0.8× 748 1.9× 99 2.6k
J. S. Butler United States 25 430 0.6× 760 1.1× 462 0.8× 179 0.4× 159 0.4× 88 1.9k
Maury Gittleman United States 25 475 0.6× 902 1.4× 429 0.8× 207 0.4× 267 0.7× 52 1.7k
Andrew Mason United States 21 416 0.6× 815 1.2× 657 1.2× 239 0.5× 238 0.6× 80 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Phillips, David C. & James X. Sullivan. (2023). Personalizing homelessness prevention: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 43(4). 1101–1128. 3 indexed citations
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Phillips, David C., et al.. (2022). The effect of emergency financial assistance on healthcare use. Journal of Public Economics. 208. 104626–104626. 5 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce, et al.. (2022). Real-Time Poverty, Material Well-Being, and the Child Tax Credit. National Tax Journal. 75(4). 817–846. 6 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce, et al.. (2022). Real-Time Poverty, Material Well-Being, and the Child Tax Credit. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce, et al.. (2021). The Consumption, Income, and Well-Being of Single Mother Headed Families 25 Years after Welfare Reform. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Evans, William N., et al.. (2019). A Cautionary Tale about Emergency Financial Assistance without Services: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation at a Community College. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 109. 218–222. 6 indexed citations
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Phillips, David C., et al.. (2018). Does emergency financial assistance reduce crime?. Journal of Public Economics. 169. 34–51. 35 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce & James X. Sullivan. (2013). Winning the War: Poverty from the Great Society to the Great Recession. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce, et al.. (2013). The Validity of Consumption Data: Are the Consumer Expenditure Interview and Diary Surveys Informative?. National Bureau of Economic Research. 204–240. 20 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce & James X. Sullivan. (2013). Consumption and Income Inequality and the Great Recession. American Economic Review. 103(3). 178–183. 114 indexed citations
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Jonas, Andrew E. G., Stéphanie Pincetl, & James X. Sullivan. (2013). Endangered Neoliberal Suburbanism? The Use of the Federal Endangered Species Act as a Growth Management Tool in Southern California. Urban Studies. 50(11). 2311–2331. 8 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce & James X. Sullivan. (2012). Identifying the Disadvantaged: Official Poverty, Consumption Poverty, and the New Supplemental Poverty Measure. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 26(3). 111–136. 149 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce & James X. Sullivan. (2011). The Material Well-Being of the Poor and the Middle Class since 1980. 40. 9 indexed citations
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Meyer, Bruce & James X. Sullivan. (2008). Changes in the Consumption, Income, and Well-Being of Single Mother Headed Families. American Economic Review. 98(5). 2221–2241. 85 indexed citations
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Sullivan, James X., Lesley Turner, & Sheldon Danziger. (2007). The relationship between income and material hardship. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 27(1). 63–81. 154 indexed citations
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Sullivan, James X.. (2006). Welfare Reform, Saving, and Vehicle Ownership. The Journal of Human Resources. XLI(1). 72–105. 52 indexed citations
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Sullivan, James X., et al.. (2004). Consumption and the Poor: What We Know and What We Can Learn. 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, James X.. (2003). Essays on the Consumption, Saving, and Borrowing Behavior of Poor Households: Dissertation Summary. Upjohn Research (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research). 1 indexed citations

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