Karen Macours

2.1k total citations
47 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Karen Macours is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Macours has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 21 papers in Soil Science and 17 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Karen Macours's work include Agricultural Economics and Policy (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (14 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (11 papers). Karen Macours is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Economics and Policy (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (14 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (11 papers). Karen Macours collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. Karen Macours's co-authors include Johan Swinnen, Renos Vakis, Rachid Laajaj, Patrick Prémand, Alain de Janvry, Élisabeth Sadoulet, Liesbeth Dries, John A. Maluccio, Tania Barham and Omar Arias and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Economic Review and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Karen Macours

43 papers receiving 946 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Macours France 19 428 364 287 239 209 47 1.1k
Javier Escobal Peru 19 307 0.7× 188 0.5× 328 1.1× 305 1.3× 291 1.4× 66 1.2k
Andrew Shepherd United Kingdom 14 229 0.5× 307 0.8× 280 1.0× 355 1.5× 637 3.0× 53 1.4k
Cyrus Samii United States 22 212 0.5× 288 0.8× 307 1.1× 207 0.9× 860 4.1× 71 1.7k
Michael Aliber South Africa 16 489 1.1× 331 0.9× 272 0.9× 194 0.8× 272 1.3× 61 1.3k
Sukhadeo Thorat India 15 277 0.6× 218 0.6× 468 1.6× 129 0.5× 516 2.5× 42 1.2k
Mariapia Mendola Italy 15 400 0.9× 304 0.8× 313 1.1× 237 1.0× 607 2.9× 71 1.3k
Renos Vakis United States 21 98 0.2× 210 0.6× 391 1.4× 557 2.3× 625 3.0× 64 1.6k
Lindon J. Robison United States 21 350 0.8× 334 0.9× 422 1.5× 83 0.3× 274 1.3× 80 1.0k
Elaine M. Liu United States 7 319 0.7× 349 1.0× 355 1.2× 111 0.5× 126 0.6× 13 982
Futoshi Yamauchi United States 20 478 1.1× 408 1.1× 313 1.1× 190 0.8× 186 0.9× 61 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Macours

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Macours

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Macours

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All Works

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Bernard, Tanguy, et al.. (2023). Impact of small farmers' access to improved seeds and deforestation in DR Congo. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1603–1603. 9 indexed citations
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Gignoux, Jérémie, et al.. (2022). Input subsidies, credit constraints, and expectations of future transfers: Evidence from Haiti. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 105(3). 809–835. 9 indexed citations
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Laajaj, Rachid, Karen Macours, Cargele Masso, Moses Thuita, & Bernard Vanlauwe. (2020). Reconciling yield gains in agronomic trials with returns under African smallholder conditions. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14286–14286. 23 indexed citations
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Bernard, Tanguy, et al.. (2019). Adoption of Improved Seeds, Evidence from DRC. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Laajaj, Rachid, Karen Macours, Omar Arias, et al.. (2019). Challenges to capture the big five personality traits in non-WEIRD populations. Science Advances. 5(7). eaaw5226–eaaw5226. 116 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen. (2018). Comment on “Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification”. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 101(1). 17–18. 1 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen, Patrick Prémand, Norbert Schady, & Renos Vakis. (2015). Experimental Evidence from an Early Childhood Parenting Intervention in Nicaragua.. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 1 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen, Patrick Prémand, & Renos Vakis. (2013). Demand Versus Returns? Pro-Poor Targeting of Business Grants and Vocational Skills Training. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen. (2013). Volatility, agricultural risk, and household poverty: micro‐evidence from randomized control trials. Agricultural Economics. 44(s1). 79–84. 8 indexed citations
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Vranken, Liesbet, Karen Macours, Nivelin Noev, & Johan Swinnen. (2011). Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: Co-ownership in Bulgaria. Journal of Comparative Economics. 39(2). 159–175. 19 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen. (2009). Land Titles and Conflicts in Guatemala. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen & Johan Swinnen. (2008). Rural–Urban Poverty Differences in Transition Countries. World Development. 36(11). 2170–2187. 59 indexed citations
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Vranken, Liesbet, Karen Macours, Nivelin Noev, & Johan Swinnen. (2007). Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation, and Welfare: Co-Ownership in Bulgaria. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Swinnen, Jo, Karen Macours, & Liesbet Vranken. (2006). Land, interlinking markets and rural poverty in transition countries. 1 indexed citations
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Swinnen, Johan, Liesbeth Dries, & Karen Macours. (2005). Transition and agricultural labor. Agricultural Economics. 32(1). 15–34. 66 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen, Alain de Janvry, & Élisabeth Sadoulet. (2004). Insecurity of Property Rights and Matching in the Tenancy Market - eScholarship. 4 indexed citations
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Swinnen, Johan, et al.. (2001). TRANSITION AND AGRICULTURAL LABOUR. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 4 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen & Johan Swinnen. (2000). Agrarian Transition and Productivity Patterns: Synthesis of experiences in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and East Asia / доклад на 24 конференции IAAE, Tomorrow’s Agriculture: Incentives, Institutions, Infrastructure and Innovations, Berlin, Germany, 13-18 August 2000. 1 indexed citations
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Macours, Karen & Johan Swinnen. (2000). Impact of Initial Conditions and Reform Policies on Agricultural Performance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East Asia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 82(5). 1149–1155. 33 indexed citations

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