Rohini Somanathan

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rohini Somanathan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Rohini Somanathan has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Rohini Somanathan's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (11 papers) and School Choice and Performance (9 papers). Rohini Somanathan is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (11 papers) and School Choice and Performance (9 papers). Rohini Somanathan collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Belgium. Rohini Somanathan's co-authors include Abhijit Banerjee, E. Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan, Lakshmi Iyer, Meenu Tewari, Jean‐Marie Baland, Ingvild Almås, Sanghamitra Das, Kala Krishna and Zaki Wahhaj and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Development Economics and Journal of Economic Literature.

In The Last Decade

Rohini Somanathan

41 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2021 100 200 300
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. The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India
    2006 320 citations Abhijit Banerjee, Rohini Somanathan Journal of Development Economics profile →
  2. The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
    2021 287 citations E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan 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
Rohini Somanathan India 12 570 498 218 196 188 43 1.2k
Rodrigo R. Soares Brazil 18 596 1.0× 936 1.9× 201 0.9× 210 1.1× 180 1.0× 61 1.8k
Katrina Kosec United States 18 320 0.6× 493 1.0× 78 0.4× 229 1.2× 184 1.0× 61 1.2k
Simon Feeny Australia 22 585 1.0× 532 1.1× 130 0.6× 375 1.9× 80 0.4× 86 1.5k
Jamele Rigolini United States 18 838 1.5× 822 1.7× 81 0.4× 155 0.8× 178 0.9× 53 1.9k
Mehmet Ulubaşoğlu Australia 18 740 1.3× 526 1.1× 120 0.6× 70 0.4× 202 1.1× 55 1.5k
Francisco Gallego Chile 16 481 0.8× 351 0.7× 328 1.5× 98 0.5× 130 0.7× 64 1.3k
Ernest Sergenti United States 7 449 0.8× 1.3k 2.5× 281 1.3× 178 0.9× 402 2.1× 12 2.0k
Terry Sicular Canada 15 629 1.1× 738 1.5× 57 0.3× 165 0.8× 621 3.3× 41 1.7k
Masayuki Kudamatsu Sweden 8 320 0.6× 335 0.7× 98 0.4× 91 0.5× 369 2.0× 9 942
Guanghua Wan China 22 1.0k 1.8× 735 1.5× 45 0.2× 158 0.8× 374 2.0× 67 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Rohini Somanathan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rohini Somanathan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rohini Somanathan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sethi, Rajiv & Rohini Somanathan. (2023). Meritocracy and Representation. Journal of Economic Literature. 61(3). 941–957. 1 indexed citations
2.
Somanathan, E., Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan, & Meenu Tewari. (2021). The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing. Journal of Political Economy. 129(6). 1797–1827. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Siddarth, Divya, et al.. (2020). Towards Global Pandemic Resilience. 1 indexed citations
4.
Somanathan, Rohini, et al.. (2019). Socially disadvantaged groups and microfinance in India. Repository of the University of Namur. 12 indexed citations
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Baland, Jean‐Marie, et al.. (2019). Child Labor and Schooling Decisions among Self-Help Group Members in Rural India. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 69(1). 73–105. 5 indexed citations
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Sethi, Rajiv & Rohini Somanathan. (2018). Meritocracy in the Face of Group Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Afridi, Farzana, et al.. (2018). Improving learning outcomes through information provision: Experimental evidence from Indian villages. Journal of Development Economics. 146. 102276–102276. 10 indexed citations
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Baland, Jean‐Marie, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra, & Rohini Somanathan. (2017). Repayment and exclusion in a microfinance experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 137. 176–190. 13 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Rohini, et al.. (2016). Affirmative action and long-run changes in group inequality in India. Working Paper Series. 3 indexed citations
10.
Afridi, Farzana, et al.. (2016). The Mixture as Before? Student Responses to the Changing Content of School Meals in India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Broussard, Nzinga H., Stefan Dercon, & Rohini Somanathan. (2014). Aid and agency in Africa: Explaining food disbursements across Ethiopian households, 1994–2004. Journal of Development Economics. 108. 128–137. 10 indexed citations
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Das, Sanghamitra, et al.. (2013). Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-Owned Industry. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 5(1). 136–162. 41 indexed citations
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Broussard, Nzinga H., Stefan Dercon, & Rohini Somanathan. (2012). Aid and Agency in Africa: Explaining Food Disbursements Across Ethiopian Households, 1994-2004. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Baland, Jean‐Marie, Rohini Somanathan, & Zaki Wahhaj. (2010). REPAYMENT INCENTIVES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAINS FROM GROUP LENDING. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Somanathan, E. & Rohini Somanathan. (2009). Climate change: challenges facing India's poor.. Economic and political weekly. 44(31). 51–58. 10 indexed citations
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Sethi, Rajiv & Rohini Somanathan. (2009). Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census. The Review of Black Political Economy. 36(2). 79–91. 7 indexed citations
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Baland, Jean‐Marie, et al.. (2008). Microfinance Lifespans: A Study of Attrition and Exclusion in Self-Help Groups in India. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4(1). 159–210. 27 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Abhijit, Lakshmi Iyer, & Rohini Somanathan. (2005). History, Social Divisions, and Public Goods in Rural India. Journal of the European Economic Association. 3(2). 639–647. 24 indexed citations
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Berman, Eli, Rohini Somanathan, & Hong Tan. (2005). Is Skill-Biased Technological Change Here Yet ? Evidence From Indian Manufacturing In The 1990. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 299–321. 2 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Rohini, et al.. (2004). Inequality and Segregation. 92 indexed citations

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