Karthik Muralidharan

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
63 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Karthik Muralidharan is a scholar working on Safety Research, Education and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Muralidharan has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Safety Research, 28 papers in Education and 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Karthik Muralidharan's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (29 papers), School Choice and Performance (26 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (7 papers). Karthik Muralidharan is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (29 papers), School Choice and Performance (26 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (7 papers). Karthik Muralidharan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Karthik Muralidharan's co-authors include Venkatesh Sundararaman, Frances Rogers, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Nazmul Chaudhury, Michael Kremer, Paul Niehaus, Nishith Prakash, Jishnu Das, Sandip Sukhtankar and Abhijeet Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Muralidharan

58 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karthik Muralidharan United States 23 1.5k 1.2k 912 693 335 63 3.4k
Geeta Kingdon United Kingdom 29 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 832 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 313 0.9× 89 3.3k
Todd E. Elder United States 18 961 0.7× 495 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.7× 253 0.8× 39 4.1k
Nazmul Chaudhury United States 19 563 0.4× 596 0.5× 425 0.5× 409 0.6× 158 0.5× 42 1.7k
Victor Lavy United Kingdom 34 3.4k 2.3× 1.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 1.6k 2.3× 275 0.8× 98 6.3k
Pedro Carneiro United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.8× 480 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 149 0.4× 110 3.2k
Oriana Bandiera United Kingdom 29 385 0.3× 1.5k 1.2× 2.0k 2.1× 1.1k 1.6× 220 0.7× 92 4.3k
David Figlio United States 36 2.6k 1.8× 465 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 593 1.8× 131 4.8k
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach United States 27 1.6k 1.1× 503 0.4× 649 0.7× 850 1.2× 180 0.5× 79 3.5k
Frances Rogers United States 16 628 0.4× 481 0.4× 342 0.4× 380 0.5× 182 0.5× 32 1.8k
Norbert Schady United States 35 1.1k 0.7× 3.3k 2.7× 1.3k 1.4× 1.8k 2.6× 424 1.3× 103 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Muralidharan, Karthik, et al.. (2025). Comparison of 30-Day Readmission Between Early and Late Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the United States. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 12(4). 118–118.
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Romero, Mauricio, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 Learning loss and recovery. The Journal of Human Resources. 723–13025R2. 4 indexed citations
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Weaver, Jeffrey, Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus, & Karthik Muralidharan. (2024). Cash Transfers for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik, Mauricio Romero, & Kaspar Wüthrich. (2023). Factorial Designs, Model Selection, and (Incorrect) Inference in Randomized Experiments. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 107(3). 589–604. 18 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik & Abhijeet Singh. (2021). India's new National Education Policy: Evidence and challenges. Science. 372(6537). 36–38. 13 indexed citations
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Mbiti, Isaac, et al.. (2019). Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 134(3). 1627–1673. 98 indexed citations
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Ree, Joppe de, Karthik Muralidharan, Menno Pradhan, & Halsey Rogers. (2017). Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase in Indonesia. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Glewwe, Paul & Karthik Muralidharan. (2016). Improving Education Outcomes in Developing Countries. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5. 653–743. 4 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik, Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla, & Aakash Mohpal. (2016). The fiscal cost of weak governance: Evidence from teacher absence in India. Journal of Public Economics. 145. 116–135. 62 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik & Venkatesh Sundararaman. (2015). The Aggregate Effect of School Choice: Evidence from a Two-Stage Experiment in India *. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 130(3). 1011–1066. 169 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik & Venkatesh Sundararaman. (2013). Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India. NBER Working Paper No. 19440.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 20 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik & Venkatesh Sundararaman. (2013). Contract Teachers: Experimental Evidence from India. National Bureau of Economic Research. 43 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik. (2013). Priorities for Primary Education Policy in India’s 12th Five-year Plan. 9(1). 1–61. 34 indexed citations
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Das, Jishnu, Stefan Dercon, James Habyarimana, et al.. (2013). School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 5(2). 29–57. 144 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik. (2012). Long-Term Effects of Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India.. 30 indexed citations
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Dercon, Stefan, et al.. (2011). School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores. NBER Working Paper No. 16830.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 13 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik, et al.. (2011). Assessing the Scope for Cash Transfers in lieu of the TPDS in Rural and Urban Bihar. 4 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik & Venkatesh Sundararaman. (2009). Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India. NBER Working Paper No. 15323.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 20 indexed citations
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Muralidharan, Karthik, et al.. (2008). Data analysis manual for coconut researchers.. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research).
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Chaudhury, Nazmul, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan, & Frances Rogers. (2006). Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20(1). 91–116. 788 indexed citations breakdown →

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