Jonathan Meer

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Meer is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Meer has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Meer's work include Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (15 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (12 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (7 papers). Jonathan Meer is often cited by papers focused on Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (15 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (12 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (7 papers). Jonathan Meer collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Jonathan Meer's co-authors include Harvey S. Rosen, Jeremy West, Douglas L. Miller, Alexander L. Brown, B. Douglas Bernheim, Lisa Kahn, Jeffrey Clemens, David A. Miller, Jennifer A. Heissel and Mark Hoekstra and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Management Science and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Meer

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics
    2015 266 citations Jonathan Meer, Jeremy West The Journal of Human Resources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Meer United States 20 689 595 313 308 205 45 1.6k
Martin Bækgaard Denmark 25 415 0.6× 644 1.1× 259 0.8× 147 0.5× 77 0.4× 83 2.0k
Will Dobbie United States 18 660 1.0× 645 1.1× 157 0.5× 150 0.5× 348 1.7× 41 1.7k
Maury Gittleman United States 25 902 1.3× 475 0.8× 429 1.4× 93 0.3× 267 1.3× 52 1.7k
Paul W. Grimes United States 22 608 0.9× 678 1.1× 262 0.8× 217 0.7× 310 1.5× 87 2.2k
Boris Nikolaev United States 26 556 0.8× 644 1.1× 261 0.8× 65 0.2× 302 1.5× 53 2.5k
Peter Fredriksson Sweden 24 851 1.2× 551 0.9× 282 0.9× 128 0.4× 77 0.4× 70 2.0k
Debra J. Mesch United States 18 156 0.2× 729 1.2× 166 0.5× 137 0.4× 80 0.4× 54 1.5k
Derek Neal United States 19 1.0k 1.5× 528 0.9× 394 1.3× 187 0.6× 197 1.0× 43 2.3k
Claude Montmarquette Canada 18 825 1.2× 494 0.8× 153 0.5× 302 1.0× 165 0.8× 105 1.8k
Regina T. Riphahn Germany 26 1.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.7× 906 2.9× 163 0.5× 229 1.1× 124 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Meer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Meer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Meer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jonathan Meer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jonathan Meer 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 Jonathan Meer. Jonathan Meer 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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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Charitable giving responses to education budgets. Economic Inquiry. 63(3). 865–887.
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Can High School Counselors Help the Economics Pipeline?. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 113. 462–466. 2 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Adults: A Regression Discontinuity Approach. Tax Policy and the Economy. 37. 175–198.
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Charitable Giving Responses to Education Budgets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Eckel, Catherine C., et al.. (2021). High-Capacity Donors’ Preferences for Charitable Giving. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 50(6). 1262–1273. 2 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Tax Prices and Charitable Giving: Projected Changes in Donations Under the 2017 TCJA. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Heissel, Jennifer A., Emma K. Adam, Jennifer L. Doleac, David Figlio, & Jonathan Meer. (2019). Testing, Stress, and Performance: How Students Respond Physiologically to High-Stakes Testing. Education Finance and Policy. 16(2). 183–208. 29 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Persistent Effects of Teacher–Student Gender Matches. The Journal of Human Resources. 55(3). 809–835. 47 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan. (2016). Does fundraising create new giving?. Journal of Public Economics. 145. 82–93. 55 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Jeremy West. (2015). Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Brown, Alexander L., et al.. (2014). Social Distance and Quality Ratings in Charity Choice. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Eckel, Catherine C., et al.. (2014). A Field Experiment on Directed Giving at a Public University. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 66. 66–71. 5 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan, et al.. (2013). The Effects of Transactions Costs and Social Distance: Evidence from a Field Experiment. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 13(1). 271–296. 3 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Harvey S. Rosen. (2013). Donative behavior at the end of life. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 92. 192–201. 6 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Harvey S. Rosen. (2010). The ABCs of charitable solicitation. Journal of Public Economics. 95(5-6). 363–371. 68 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Harvey S. Rosen. (2008). The Impact of Athletic Performance on Alumni Giving: An Analysis of Micro Data. NBER Working Paper No. 13937.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Harvey S. Rosen. (2007). Altruism and the Child-Cycle of Alumni Giving. NBER Working Paper No. 13152.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan, Douglas L. Miller, & Harvey S. Rosen. (2003). Exploring the health–wealth nexus. Journal of Health Economics. 22(5). 713–730. 220 indexed citations
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Meer, Jonathan & Harvey S. Rosen. (2003). Insurance and the Utilization of Medical Services. Social Science & Medicine. 58(9). 1623–1632. 1 indexed citations

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