Melissa S. Kearney

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Melissa S. Kearney is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa S. Kearney has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Demography, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Melissa S. Kearney's work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (16 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Melissa S. Kearney is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (16 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Melissa S. Kearney collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Melissa S. Kearney's co-authors include Lawrence F. Katz, David Autor, Phillip B. Levine, Jonathan Guryan, Katharine G. Abraham, Riley Wilson, Seth Freedman, Mara Lederman, Mark Duggan and Alexander S. Browman and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Melissa S. Kearney

56 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa S. Kearney United States 21 1.5k 988 735 564 496 58 2.9k
Mónica Costa Dias United Kingdom 18 1.6k 1.1× 625 0.6× 664 0.9× 474 0.8× 330 0.7× 49 3.3k
Sérgio Firpo Brazil 14 1.6k 1.1× 818 0.8× 558 0.8× 355 0.6× 214 0.4× 58 2.8k
Katharine G. Abraham United States 27 2.0k 1.3× 661 0.7× 853 1.2× 363 0.6× 546 1.1× 89 3.3k
Uta Schönberg United Kingdom 26 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 843 1.1× 519 0.9× 509 1.0× 49 3.5k
Bárbara Petrongolo United Kingdom 21 1.5k 1.0× 697 0.7× 654 0.9× 821 1.5× 397 0.8× 51 2.3k
Thomas Bauer Germany 26 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 642 0.9× 263 0.5× 381 0.8× 171 2.9k
Kenneth A. Couch United States 22 1.1k 0.7× 939 1.0× 764 1.0× 373 0.7× 392 0.8× 78 2.2k
Zvi Eckstein Israel 27 1.6k 1.1× 781 0.8× 343 0.5× 468 0.8× 523 1.1× 64 2.6k
Morley Gunderson Canada 27 1.2k 0.8× 660 0.7× 648 0.9× 467 0.8× 458 0.9× 156 2.4k
Wiji Arulampalam United Kingdom 24 2.0k 1.3× 740 0.7× 952 1.3× 620 1.1× 462 0.9× 62 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dettling, Lisa & Melissa S. Kearney. (2023). The Cyclicality of Births and Babies’ Health, Revisited: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S.. (2022). What does critical thinking mean in teaching economics?. The Journal of Economic Education. 53(1). 85–87. 1 indexed citations
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Browman, Alexander S., Mesmin Destin, Melissa S. Kearney, & Phillip B. Levine. (2019). How economic inequality shapes mobility expectations and behaviour in disadvantaged youth. Nature Human Behaviour. 3(3). 214–220. 79 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Magne Mogstad. (2019). Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a policy response to current challenges. 11 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Riley Wilson. (2018). Male Earnings, Marriageable Men, and Nonmarital Fertility: Evidence from the Fracking Boom. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 100(4). 678–690. 86 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2017). The Economics of Nonmarital Childbearing and the Marriage Premium for Children. Annual Review of Economics. 9(1). 327–352. 12 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Riley Wilson. (2016). The Family Formation Response to a Localized Economic Shock: Evidence from the Fracking Boom. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Duggan, Mark, et al.. (2015). The Supplemental Security Income Program. NBER Chapters. 1–58. 4 indexed citations
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Filiz‐Ozbay, Emel, Jonathan Guryan, Kyle Hyndman, Melissa S. Kearney, & Erkut Özbay. (2013). Do Lottery Payments Induce Savings Behavior? Evidence from the Lab∗. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2012). Why Is the Teen Birth Rate in the United States so High and Why Does It Matter? NBER Working Paper No. 17965.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 5 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2012). Explaining Recent Trends in the U.S. Teen Birth Rate. NBER Working Paper No. 17964.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 8 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2011). Income Inequality and Early Non-Marital Childbearing: An Economic Exploration of the. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S., Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan, & Erik Hurst. (2010). Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations
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Guryan, Jonathan & Melissa S. Kearney. (2010). Is Lottery Gambling Addictive?. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 2(3). 90–110. 18 indexed citations
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Freedman, Seth, Melissa S. Kearney, & Mara Lederman. (2010). Product Recalls, Imperfect Information, and Spillover Effects: Lessons from the Consumer Response to the 2007 Toy Recalls. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 94(2). 499–516. 74 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S.. (2009). Teen and Non-Marital Childbearing. Econstor (Econstor). 2009(1). 16–18. 2 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S. & Phillip B. Levine. (2009). Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 91(1). 137–151. 127 indexed citations
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Guryan, Jonathan, Erik Hurst, & Melissa S. Kearney. (2008). Parental Education and Parental Time With Children. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 22(3). 23–46. 25 indexed citations
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Guryan, Jonathan & Melissa S. Kearney. (2008). Gambling at Lucky Stores: Empirical Evidence from State Lottery Sales. American Economic Review. 98(1). 458–473. 87 indexed citations
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Kearney, Melissa S.. (2005). The Economic Winners and Losers of Legalized Gambling. National Tax Journal. 58(2). 281–302. 10 indexed citations

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