Jessie Handbury

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 787 citations indexed

About

Jessie Handbury is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessie Handbury has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 787 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Jessie Handbury's work include Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 papers). Jessie Handbury is often cited by papers focused on Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 papers). Jessie Handbury collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Jessie Handbury's co-authors include David E. Weinstein, Victor Couture, Molly Schnell, Ilya Rahkovsky, Hunt Allcott, Rebecca Diamond, Jonathan I. Dingel, Kevin Williams, Allison Green and Erik Hurst and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Jessie Handbury

19 papers receiving 733 citations

Hit Papers

Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality* 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality*
    2019 221 citations Hunt Allcott, Rebecca Diamond et al. 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Jessie Handbury United States 11 465 178 153 118 96 20 787
Rebecca Diamond United States 10 727 1.6× 141 0.8× 421 2.8× 121 1.0× 57 0.6× 15 1.2k
Rachel Meltzer United States 14 378 0.8× 115 0.6× 291 1.9× 67 0.6× 12 0.1× 37 858
Ephraim S. Leibtag United States 18 714 1.5× 382 2.1× 70 0.5× 436 3.7× 99 1.0× 45 1.3k
R.A. Farrokhnia United States 6 465 1.0× 86 0.5× 70 0.5× 14 0.1× 37 0.4× 6 644
Abigail M. Okrent United States 14 257 0.6× 126 0.7× 40 0.3× 309 2.6× 18 0.2× 34 688
Shamika Ravi United States 16 249 0.5× 91 0.5× 194 1.3× 21 0.2× 21 0.2× 61 897
Art Carden United States 10 182 0.4× 102 0.6× 140 0.9× 106 0.9× 22 0.2× 63 451
Andrew K.G. Tan Malaysia 16 100 0.2× 87 0.5× 48 0.3× 141 1.2× 34 0.4× 44 561
Bonggeun Kim New Zealand 14 377 0.8× 23 0.1× 184 1.2× 24 0.2× 17 0.2× 39 611
Margaret Irish United Kingdom 7 581 1.2× 67 0.4× 142 0.9× 59 0.5× 102 1.1× 11 922

Countries citing papers authored by Jessie Handbury

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessie Handbury

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessie Handbury

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jessie Handbury. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jessie Handbury 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 Jessie Handbury. Jessie Handbury 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
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Chevalier, Judith A., et al.. (2025). Distributional Impacts of the Changing Retail Landscape. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Couture, Victor & Jessie Handbury. (2023). Neighborhood Change, Gentrification, and the Urbanization of College Graduates. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 37(2). 29–52. 12 indexed citations
3.
Duranton, Gilles & Jessie Handbury. (2023). COVID and Cities, Thus Far. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
4.
Duranton, Gilles & Jessie Handbury. (2023). COVID and Cities, Thus Far. 29(2). 6–52. 2 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor, Cécile Gaubert, Jessie Handbury, & Erik Hurst. (2023). Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting. The Review of Economic Studies. 91(2). 858–898. 21 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie, et al.. (2021). School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie. (2021). Are Poor Cities Cheap for Everyone? Non‐Homotheticity and the Cost of Living Across U.S. Cities. Econometrica. 89(6). 2679–2715. 49 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor, Jonathan I. Dingel, Allison Green, Jessie Handbury, & Kevin Williams. (2021). JUE Insight: Measuring movement and social contact with smartphone data: a real-time application to COVID-19. Journal of Urban Economics. 127. 103328–103328. 52 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie, et al.. (2021). School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor, Jonathan I. Dingel, Allison Green, Jessie Handbury, & Kevin Williams. (2021). Measuring Movement and Social Contact with Smartphone Data: A Real-time Application to COVID-19. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor & Jessie Handbury. (2020). Urban revival in America. Journal of Urban Economics. 119. 103267–103267. 97 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor, Jonathan I. Dingel, Allison Green, Jessie Handbury, & Kevin Williams. (2020). Measuring Movement and Social Contact with Smartphone Data: A Real-Time Application to COVID-19. 10 indexed citations
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Couture, Victor, Cécile Gaubert, Jessie Handbury, & Erik Hurst. (2019). Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations
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Allcott, Hunt, et al.. (2019). Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 134(4). 1793–1844. 221 indexed citations breakdown →
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Handbury, Jessie. (2019). Are Poor Cities Cheap for Everyone? Non-Homotheticity and the Cost of Living Across U.S. Cities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie, Ilya Rahkovsky, & Molly Schnell. (2015). What Drives Nutritional Disparities? Retail Access and Food Purchases Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie & David E. Weinstein. (2014). Goods Prices and Availability in Cities. The Review of Economic Studies. 82(1). 258–296. 147 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie. (2013). Are Poor Cities Cheap for Everyone? Non-Homotheticity and the Cost of Living Across U.S. Cities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 64 indexed citations
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Handbury, Jessie & David E. Weinstein. (2011). IS NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY RIGHT? EVIDENCE FROM PRICE DATA. 26 indexed citations
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Grown, Caren, et al.. (2006). The Financial Requirements of Achieving Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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