Ran Abramitzky

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ran Abramitzky is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Abramitzky has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Demography and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ran Abramitzky's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (22 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (13 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (12 papers). Ran Abramitzky is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (22 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (13 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (12 papers). Ran Abramitzky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Ran Abramitzky's co-authors include Leah Platt Boustan, Kimmo Eriksson, Adeline Delavande, Luís Vasconcelos, Santiago Pérez, Victor Lavy, Isabelle Sin, James Feigenbaum, Fabio Braggion and Liran Einav and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Ran Abramitzky

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcome... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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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. A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
    2014 252 citations Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan et al. Journal of Political Economy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ran Abramitzky United States 20 1.1k 509 506 307 165 57 1.8k
Olof Åslund Sweden 15 1.3k 1.1× 195 0.4× 510 1.0× 205 0.7× 260 1.6× 48 1.6k
Patrick L. Mason United States 13 813 0.7× 184 0.4× 546 1.1× 252 0.8× 214 1.3× 42 1.3k
Amélie F. Constant United States 23 1.9k 1.6× 452 0.9× 603 1.2× 120 0.4× 405 2.5× 104 2.3k
Martin Halla Austria 16 644 0.6× 264 0.5× 393 0.8× 216 0.7× 203 1.2× 66 1.3k
Shoshana Neuman Israel 16 484 0.4× 284 0.6× 500 1.0× 244 0.8× 154 0.9× 66 1.0k
Pedro Mira Spain 14 424 0.4× 395 0.8× 548 1.1× 408 1.3× 251 1.5× 26 1.4k
Alı́cia Adserà United States 22 1.3k 1.2× 849 1.7× 599 1.2× 658 2.1× 366 2.2× 61 2.4k
Yinon Cohen Israel 21 957 0.8× 280 0.6× 422 0.8× 206 0.7× 364 2.2× 50 1.6k
Sriya Iyer United Kingdom 14 602 0.5× 247 0.5× 198 0.4× 170 0.6× 72 0.4× 39 1.0k
Cheti Nicoletti United Kingdom 19 565 0.5× 167 0.3× 481 1.0× 174 0.6× 125 0.8× 45 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Abramitzky

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Abramitzky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Abramitzky

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ran Abramitzky. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ran Abramitzky 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 Ran Abramitzky. Ran Abramitzky 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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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2024). Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870–2020. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6(4). 453–471.
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2024). The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, Leah Platt Boustan, & Dylan S. Connor. (2024). Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office. The Journal of Economic History. 84(2). 352–394.
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2023). The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century. Sociological Science. 10. 769–805. 6 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2023). The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone: Evidence from African-American Siblings in 1870–1940. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Weinersmith, Kelly L., et al.. (2023). To Each According to Their Space-Need: Communes in Outer Space. Space Policy. 67. 101592–101592.
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2023). Financial Crisis in a Socialist Setting: Impact on Political Behavior, Social Trust, and Economic Values. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2023). The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Card, Dallas, Serina Chang, Rob Voigt, et al.. (2022). Computational analysis of 140 years of US political speeches reveals more positive but increasingly polarized framing of immigration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(31). e2120510119–e2120510119. 35 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, et al.. (2019). Linking individuals across historical sources: A fully automated approach*. Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 53(2). 94–111. 29 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, Leah Platt Boustan, & Kimmo Eriksson. (2017). To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 72(2). 300–322. 29 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, Leah Platt Boustan, & Kimmo Eriksson. (2014). A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration. Journal of Political Economy. 122(3). 467–506. 252 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramitzky, Ran & Victor Lavy. (2014). How Responsive Is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Redistributive Policies and in Returns?. Econometrica. 82(4). 1241–1272. 52 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, Leah Platt Boustan, & Kimmo Eriksson. (2012). Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration. Journal of Development Economics. 102. 2–14. 105 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran & Victor Lavy. (2011). How Responsive Is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Returns? Evidence from an Unusual Pay Reform in Israel's Kibbutzim. NBER Working Paper No. 17093.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran, Zephyr Frank, & Aprajit Mahajan. (2010). Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Partnerships in Rio De Janeiro 1870-1891. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Abramitzky, Ran. (2008). The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran. (2008). The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 123(3). 1111–1159. 84 indexed citations
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Abramitzky, Ran & Fabio Braggion. (2006). Migration and Human Capital: Self-Selection of Indentured ServantsTo the Americas. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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