Sara Horrell

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sara Horrell is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Horrell has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in Gender Studies and 7 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Sara Horrell's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (21 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (12 papers) and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (7 papers). Sara Horrell is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (21 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (12 papers) and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (7 papers). Sara Horrell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and South Sudan. Sara Horrell's co-authors include Jane Humphries, Paul Mosley, John Hudson, Deborah Oxley, Pramila Krishnan, Jill Rubery, Brendan Burchell, Hans‐Joachim Voth, David Meredith and Jacob Weisdorf and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, European Economic Review and The Journal of Development Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sara Horrell

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Aid, the Public Sector and the Market in Less Developed C... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 50 100 150 200 250
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. Aid, the Public Sector and the Market in Less Developed Countries
    1987 276 citations Paul Mosley, John Hudson et al. The Economic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Horrell United Kingdom 20 914 411 284 280 276 37 1.5k
Steven C. Poe United States 21 252 0.3× 2.0k 4.9× 148 0.5× 663 2.4× 126 0.5× 33 2.4k
David Cingranelli United States 14 189 0.2× 1.2k 2.9× 104 0.4× 444 1.6× 74 0.3× 37 1.6k
Mwangi S. Kimenyi United States 21 388 0.4× 446 1.1× 81 0.3× 97 0.3× 255 0.9× 71 1.2k
York W. Bradshaw United States 19 307 0.3× 750 1.8× 55 0.2× 236 0.8× 110 0.4× 44 1.5k
David L. Richards United States 12 150 0.2× 982 2.4× 144 0.5× 244 0.9× 48 0.2× 22 1.3k
Jean–Paul Azam France 19 523 0.6× 1.1k 2.6× 49 0.2× 366 1.3× 274 1.0× 92 1.7k
Aili Mari Tripp United States 24 129 0.1× 1.1k 2.6× 1.2k 4.3× 153 0.5× 108 0.4× 72 2.1k
Axel Hadenius Sweden 15 238 0.3× 1.1k 2.7× 61 0.2× 246 0.9× 44 0.2× 38 1.6k
Darren Hawkins United States 15 170 0.2× 804 2.0× 63 0.2× 724 2.6× 137 0.5× 31 1.6k
Tony Addison United States 24 522 0.6× 586 1.4× 55 0.2× 398 1.4× 237 0.9× 105 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Horrell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Horrell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Horrell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Horrell 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 Sara Horrell. Sara Horrell 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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Horrell, Sara. (2023). Household consumption patterns and the consumer price index, England, 1260–1869. The Economic History Review. 76(4). 1023–1050. 7 indexed citations
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Weisdorf, Jacob, Jane Humphries, & Sara Horrell. (2021). Family standards of living over the long run, England 1280-1850. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 14 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Jacob Weisdorf. (2021). Beyond the male breadwinner: Life‐cycle living standards of intact and disrupted English working families, 1260–1850. The Economic History Review. 75(2). 530–560. 20 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Jacob Weisdorf. (2020). Malthus's missing women and children: demography and wages in historical perspective, England 1280-1850. European Economic Review. 129. 103534–103534. 6 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara & Deborah Oxley. (2016). Gender bias in nineteenth-century England: Evidence from factory children. Economics & Human Biology. 22. 47–64. 32 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, et al.. (2014). Consumption conundrums unravelled. The Economic History Review. 68(3). 830–857. 9 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara & Deborah Oxley. (2013). Bargaining for basics? Inferring decision making in nineteenth-century British households from expenditure, diet, stature, and death. European Review of Economic History. 17(2). 147–170. 20 indexed citations
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Gazeley, Ian & Sara Horrell. (2012). Nutrition in theEnglish agricultural labourer's household over the course of the long nineteenth century. The Economic History Review. 66(3). 757–784. 19 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara. (2009). Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain. Social History. 34(3). 364–366. 5 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, David Meredith, & Deborah Oxley. (2007). Anthropometric measures of living standards and gender inequality in nineteenth-century Britain.. PubMed. 66–74. 2 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara. (2003). The Wonderful Usefulness of History. The Economic Journal. 113(485). F180–F186. 3 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Hans‐Joachim Voth. (1998). Stature and relative deprivation: fatherless children in early industrial Britain. Continuity and Change. 13(1). 73–115. 23 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara & Jane Humphries. (1995). "The Exploitation of Little Children": Child Labor and the Family Economy in the Industrial Revolution. Explorations in Economic History. 32(4). 485–516. 94 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Martin Weale. (1994). An Input-Output Table for 1841. The Economic History Review. 47(3). 545–545. 16 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jane Humphries, & Martin Weale. (1994). An input-output table for 1841. The Economic History Review. 47(3). 545–566. 18 indexed citations
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Mosley, Paul, John Hudson, & Sara Horrell. (1992). Aid, the public sector and the market in less developed countries: A return to the scene of the crime. Journal of International Development. 4(2). 139–150. 42 indexed citations
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Rubery, Jill & Sara Horrell. (1992). The ‘New Competition’ and Working Time. Human Resource Management Journal. 3(2). 1–13. 9 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara & Jane Humphries. (1992). Old Questions, New Data, and Alternative Perspectives: Families' Living Standards in the Industrial Revolution. The Journal of Economic History. 52(4). 849–880. 69 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara & Jill Rubery. (1991). Employers' working-time policies and women's employment. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 9 indexed citations
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Horrell, Sara, Jill Rubery, & Brendan Burchell. (1990). Gender and Skills. Work Employment and Society. 4(2). 189–216. 39 indexed citations

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