Paul Gertler

24.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
229 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Paul Gertler is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Gertler has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 53 papers in Safety Research and 50 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Paul Gertler's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (53 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (40 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (38 papers). Paul Gertler is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (53 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (40 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (38 papers). Paul Gertler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Australia. Paul Gertler's co-authors include Garrick Blalock, Sebastián Galiani, Sebastián Martínez, Lucas W. Davis, Christel M. J. Vermeersch, Lia C. H. Fernald, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Sarah Barber and Catherine Wolfram and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul Gertler

219 papers receiving 13.0k 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
Paul Gertler United States 61 4.2k 3.6k 3.0k 2.9k 2.8k 229 14.6k
Lant Pritchett United States 49 6.3k 1.5× 3.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 4.0k 1.4× 3.8k 1.3× 175 20.0k
Deon Filmer United States 38 2.3k 0.5× 3.9k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 4.0k 1.4× 3.1k 1.1× 124 13.4k
Janet Currie United States 59 3.7k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 4.8k 1.7× 213 14.4k
Jere R. Behrman United States 70 4.1k 1.0× 7.5k 2.1× 5.5k 1.9× 3.7k 1.3× 3.3k 1.2× 484 20.1k
Anne Case United States 42 4.1k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 833 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 3.5k 1.2× 79 12.4k
Angus Deaton United States 77 17.3k 4.1× 3.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 6.8k 2.4× 214 36.3k
Quentin Wodon United States 36 1.6k 0.4× 2.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 935 0.3× 359 7.2k
John Hoddinott United States 55 2.8k 0.6× 5.6k 1.6× 4.6k 1.6× 1.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 260 12.8k
David E. Bloom United States 65 4.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.3× 645 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 4.6k 1.6× 374 17.7k
David Canning United States 45 4.0k 0.9× 699 0.2× 547 0.2× 1.4k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 183 9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Gertler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Gertler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Gertler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Gertler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Gertler 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 Paul Gertler. Paul Gertler 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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McDonald, Skye, Dana Wong, Paul Gertler, et al.. (2025). Treatments for social cognitive difficulties following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 1–43.
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Gertler, Paul, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Tadeja Gračner, & Alexander D. Rothenberg. (2024). Road maintenance and local economic development: Evidence from Indonesia’s highways. Journal of Urban Economics. 143. 103687–103687. 10 indexed citations
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Bachas, Pierre, Paul Gertler, Sean Higgins, & Enrique Seira. (2024). How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More.
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Kwan, Ada, Claire Boone, Giorgia Sulis, & Paul Gertler. (2022). Do private providers give patients what they demand, even if it is inappropriate? A randomised study using unannounced standardised patients in Kenya. BMJ Open. 12(3). e058746–e058746. 8 indexed citations
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Anttila-Hughes, Jesse, et al.. (2018). Mortality from Nestlé’s Marketing of Infant Formula in Low and Middle-Income Countries. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations
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Cruces, Guillermo, et al.. (2017). Living Up to Expectations: How Job Training Made Women Better Off and Men Worse Off. CONICET Digital (CONICET). 1 indexed citations
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Patil, Sumeet, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alicia L. Salvatore, et al.. (2014). The Effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Medicine. 11(8). e1001709–e1001709. 334 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gertler, Paul, Harry Anthony Patrinos, & Eduardo Rodríguez-Oreggia. (2012). Parental Empowerment in Mexico: Randomized Experiment of the "Apoyos a La Gestion Escolar (Age)" Program in Rural Primary Schools in Mexico.. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 7 indexed citations
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Wolfram, Catherine, Orie Shelef, & Paul Gertler. (2012). How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 26(1). 119–138. 279 indexed citations
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Gertler, Paul, Sebastián Martínez, Patrick Prémand, Laura B. Rawlings, & Christel M. J. Vermeersch. (2011). Impact Evaluation in Practice, First Edition [La evaluación de impacto en la práctica]. World Bank Publications. 68 indexed citations
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Fernald, Lia C. H., Paul Gertler, & Lynnette M. Neufeld. (2009). 10-year effect of Oportunidades, Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, on child growth, cognition, language, and behaviour: a longitudinal follow-up study. The Lancet. 374(9706). 1997–2005. 200 indexed citations
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Fernald, Lia C. H., Xiaohui Hou, & Paul Gertler. (2008). Peer Reviewed: Oportunidades Program Participation and Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Self-Reported Health in Mexican Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease. 5(3). 1 indexed citations
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Lis-Gutiérrez, Jenny-Paola, et al.. (2007). Lecciones aprendidas en la evaluación del Programa de Ayuda Alimentaria. Salud Pública de México. 49. 245–249.
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Gertler, Paul, Harry Anthony Patrinos, & Marta Rubio‐Codina. (2006). Empowering Parents to Improve Education: Evidence from Rural Mexico. Impact Evaluation Series Number 4. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3935.. World Bank Publications. 21 indexed citations
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Blalock, Garrick, Paul Gertler, & David I. Levine. (2005). Financial Constraints on Investment in an Emerging Market Crisis: An Empirical Investigation of Foreign Ownership. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations
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López‐de‐Silanes, Florencio, Pablo Serra, Paul Gertler, et al.. (2005). Privatization in Latin America : Myths and Reality. World Bank Publications. 2 indexed citations
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Phillips, Katherin Ross, Paul Gertler, Timothy M. Smeeding, et al.. (2001). Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 51 indexed citations
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Gertler, Paul, et al.. (1999). Economic analysis of health sector projects : a review of issues, methods, and approaches. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Abhijit, et al.. (1998). Empowerment and Efficiency: The Economics of Agrarian Reform. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Davidson, Bruce N., Shoshanna Sofaer, & Paul Gertler. (1992). Consumer information and biased selection in the demand for coverage supplementing medicare. Social Science & Medicine. 34(9). 1023–1034. 23 indexed citations

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