John Knight

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

John Knight is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Knight has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Knight's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (23 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (22 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (15 papers). John Knight is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (23 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (22 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (15 papers). John Knight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. John Knight's co-authors include Ramani Gunatilaka, Geeta Kingdon, Lina Song, Sai Ding, Shi Li, Richard Sabot, Quheng Deng, Alessandra Guariglia, Biswajit Banerjee and Simon Appleton and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Economic Journal and World Development.

In The Last Decade

John Knight

67 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Subjective well-being and its determinants in rural China

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Knight	1.7k	1.4k	1.0k	593	571	72	4.0k
Lina Song	1.4k 0.8×	827 0.6×	605 0.6×	777 1.3×	346 0.6×	52	2.7k
Erzo F.P. Luttmer	2.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	575 1.0×	722 1.3×	45	5.3k
Robert MacCulloch	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	3.4k 3.3×	318 0.5×	1.2k 2.2×	49	5.4k
Andrew Leigh	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	192 0.2×	724 1.2×	604 1.1×	206	4.5k
Bruce Sacerdote	2.7k 1.6×	1.9k 1.3×	221 0.2×	341 0.6×	342 0.6×	60	5.7k
Dan Usher	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	303 0.3×	512 0.9×	465 0.8×	65	3.6k
Betsey Stevenson	1.4k 0.8×	715 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	130 0.2×	532 0.9×	57	3.4k
David Bell	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	440 0.4×	462 0.8×	930 1.6×	173	4.0k
Carol Graham	1.5k 0.9×	602 0.4×	2.2k 2.2×	221 0.4×	991 1.7×	115	3.7k
Christiaan Grootaert	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	161 0.2×	412 0.7×	498 0.9×	51	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Knight

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Knight

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Fletcher, Robert A., Bruce Neal, Megumi Oshima, et al.. (2024). The potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through disease prevention: a secondary analysis of data from the CREDENCE trial. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8(12). e1055–e1064. 5 indexed citations

Knight, John & Ramani Gunatilaka. (2024). The Quality of Society and Happiness: Fairness, Trust, and Community in China. Journal of Happiness Studies. 25(7).

Knight, John, et al.. (2023). China's growing but slowing inequality of household wealth, 2013–2018: A challenge to ‘common prosperity’?. China Economic Review. 79. 101947–101947. 13 indexed citations

Knight, John. (2023). The direct and indirect economic consequences of climate damage in poor countries. Environment and Development Economics. 29(1). 1–18. 3 indexed citations

Knight, John, et al.. (2023). The receding housing ladder: house price inflation, parental support, and the intergenerational distribution of housing wealth in China. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 22(2). 159–181.

Gustafsson, Björn, et al.. (2023). Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

Ding, Sai, Alessandra Guariglia, John Knight, & Junhong Yang. (2019). Negative Investment in China: Financing Constraints and Restructuring versus Growth. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 69(4). 1411–1449. 8 indexed citations

Knight, John & Ramani Gunatilaka. (2016). Is Happiness Infectious?. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 64(1). 1–24. 10 indexed citations

Knight, John, Shi Li, & Quheng Deng. (2010). Son Preference and Household Income in Rural China. The Journal of Development Studies. 46(10). 1786–1805. 19 indexed citations

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Knight, John, Shi Li, & Quheng Deng. (2010). Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China: Closing the Trap. Oxford Development Studies. 38(1). 1–24. 66 indexed citations

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Knight, John & Ramani Gunatilaka. (2010). The Rural–Urban Divide in China: Income but Not Happiness?. The Journal of Development Studies. 46(3). 506–534. 200 indexed citations

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Knight, John & Ramani Gunatilaka. (2009). Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural–Urban Migrants in China. World Development. 38(1). 113–124. 362 indexed citations

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Appleton, Simon, John Knight, Lina Song, & Qingjie Xia. (2002). Causes et conséquences des réductions d'effectifs dans les entreprises publiques en Chine. Revue d économie du développement. Vol. 10(3). 159–189. 1 indexed citations

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Knight, John, et al.. (1998). A ''Ready Reckoner'' for Staff Costs in the NHS, Volume I, Estimated Costs. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 9 indexed citations

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Knight, John, et al.. (1998). A ''Ready Reckoner'' for Staff Costs in the NHS. Volume II. Methodology. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 3 indexed citations

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Beyer, Joy de & John Knight. (1989). THE ROLE OF OCCUPATION IN THE DETERMINATION OF WAGES. Oxford Economic Papers. 41(1). 595–618. 30 indexed citations

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Knight, John, et al.. (1987). The rate of return on educational expansion. Economics of Education Review. 6(3). 255–262. 15 indexed citations

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Collier, Paul & John Knight. (1986). WAGE STRUCTURE AND LABOUR TURNOVER. Oxford Economic Papers. 38(1). 77–93. 2 indexed citations

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Knight, John, et al.. (1985). Earnings, Schooling, Ability, and Cognitive Skills. American Economic Review. 75(5). 1016–1030. 227 indexed citations

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Knight, John. (1976). DEVALUAION AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN LESS-DEVELOPED ECONOMIES 1. Oxford Economic Papers. 28(2). 208–227. 16 indexed citations

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