Per Engzell

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Per Engzell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Engzell has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Education and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Per Engzell's work include Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (16 papers), School Choice and Performance (6 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers). Per Engzell is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (16 papers), School Choice and Performance (6 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers). Per Engzell collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and France. Per Engzell's co-authors include Arun Frey, Mark D. Verhagen, Bastian Andreas Betthäuser, Anders Bach‐Mortensen, Jan Ö. Jönsson, Thor Berger, Mathieu Ichou, Felix C. Tropf, Carina Mood and Julia M. Rohrer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Per Engzell

22 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2023 250 500 750
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. Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 903 citations Per Engzell, Arun Frey et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
    2023 237 citations Bastian Andreas Betthäuser, Anders Bach‐Mortensen et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Per Engzell Sweden 14 707 500 458 167 146 24 1.6k
Megan Kuhfeld United States 20 919 1.3× 475 0.9× 224 0.5× 139 0.8× 217 1.5× 66 1.7k
Mark D. Verhagen United Kingdom 8 456 0.6× 371 0.7× 161 0.4× 134 0.8× 96 0.7× 17 1.1k
Arun Frey United Kingdom 7 455 0.6× 383 0.8× 204 0.4× 131 0.8× 96 0.7× 11 1.0k
James Soland United States 18 794 1.1× 348 0.7× 184 0.4× 120 0.7× 215 1.5× 64 1.5k
Мустафа Балоглу Türkiye 23 533 0.8× 593 1.2× 438 1.0× 63 0.4× 341 2.3× 79 1.7k
Angela Johnson United States 12 559 0.8× 306 0.6× 133 0.3× 112 0.7× 141 1.0× 36 1.0k
Sir John Daniel Spain 7 831 1.2× 406 0.8× 163 0.4× 413 2.5× 121 0.8× 10 1.6k
Sumitra Pokhrel Bhutan 2 680 1.0× 382 0.8× 135 0.3× 297 1.8× 121 0.8× 5 1.4k
Damijana Keržič Slovenia 9 564 0.8× 512 1.0× 114 0.2× 307 1.8× 175 1.2× 17 1.3k
Cathy Mae Dabi Toquero China 11 781 1.1× 440 0.9× 137 0.3× 395 2.4× 120 0.8× 32 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Per Engzell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Engzell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Engzell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Per Engzell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Per Engzell 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 Per Engzell. Per Engzell 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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Engzell, Per & Nathan Wilmers. (2025). Firms and the Intergenerational Transmission of Labor Market Advantage. American Journal of Sociology. 131(2). 322–370.
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Engzell, Per & Martin Hällsten. (2024). A caution on sibling comparisons in studying effects of the rearing environment. European Sociological Review. 41(5). 808–821. 1 indexed citations
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Berger, Thor, et al.. (2023). Social Mobility in Sweden before the Welfare State. The Journal of Economic History. 83(2). 431–463. 7 indexed citations
4.
Engzell, Per & Carina Mood. (2023). Understanding Patterns and Trends in Income Mobility through Multiverse Analysis. American Sociological Review. 88(4). 600–626. 10 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per & Isabel J. Raabe. (2023). Within-School Achievement Sorting in Comprehensive and Tracked Systems. Sociology of Education. 96(4). 324–343. 9 indexed citations
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Betthäuser, Bastian Andreas, Anders Bach‐Mortensen, & Per Engzell. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(3). 375–385. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berger, Thor & Per Engzell. (2022). Industrial automation and intergenerational income mobility in the United States. Social Science Research. 104. 102686–102686. 23 indexed citations
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Betthäuser, Bastian Andreas, Anders Bach‐Mortensen, & Per Engzell. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 21 indexed citations
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Betthäuser, Bastian Andreas, Anders Bach‐Mortensen, & Per Engzell. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning. 4 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per, Arun Frey, & Mark D. Verhagen. (2021). Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 903 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engzell, Per, Arun Frey, & Mark D. Verhagen. (2020). Learning inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 21 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per & Julia M. Rohrer. (2020). Improving Social Science: Lessons from the Open Science Movement. PS Political Science & Politics. 54(2). 297–300. 10 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per, Carina Mood, & Jan Ö. Jönsson. (2020). It's All about the Parents: Inequality Transmission across Three Generations in Sweden. Sociological Science. 7. 242–267. 30 indexed citations
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Berger, Thor & Per Engzell. (2019). American geography of opportunity reveals European origins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(13). 6045–6050. 17 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per & Felix C. Tropf. (2019). Heritability of education rises with intergenerational mobility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(51). 25386–25388. 42 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per & Mathieu Ichou. (2019). Status Loss: The Burden of Positively Selected Immigrants. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per. (2018). Aspiration Squeeze: The Struggle of Children to Positively Selected Immigrants. Sociology of Education. 92(1). 83–103. 55 indexed citations
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Berger, Thor & Per Engzell. (2018). American geography of opportunity reveals European origins. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
19.
Engzell, Per. (2016). Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Engzell, Per & Jan Ö. Jönsson. (2015). Estimating Social and Ethnic Inequality in School Surveys: Biases from Child Misreporting and Parent Nonresponse. European Sociological Review. 31(3). 312–325. 52 indexed citations

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