Tim Kautz

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tim Kautz is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Kautz has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Education, 6 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tim Kautz's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (4 papers) and Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (4 papers). Tim Kautz is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (4 papers) and Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (4 papers). Tim Kautz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Tim Kautz's co-authors include James J. Heckman, James Heckman, Lex Borghans, Ron Diris, Bas ter Weel, Angela Duckworth, Grant Miller, Eran Bendavid, Jayanta Bhattacharya and Shuaizhang Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Tim Kautz

18 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hard evidence on soft skills

2012 990 citations James J. Heckman, Tim Kautz Labour Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Kautz United States	11	642	413	273	267	227	20	1.5k
Bart Golsteyn Netherlands	15	371 0.6×	387 0.9×	233 0.9×	484 1.8×	255 1.1×	52	1.6k
Scott Carrell United States	18	1.3k 2.1×	508 1.2×	187 0.7×	373 1.4×	411 1.8×	47	2.3k
John Jerrim United Kingdom	27	1.2k 1.9×	670 1.6×	205 0.8×	248 0.9×	117 0.5×	149	2.3k
Andrew M. Penner United States	25	647 1.0×	1.3k 3.1×	250 0.9×	155 0.6×	170 0.7×	62	2.3k
Lynne M. Borden United States	20	456 0.7×	297 0.7×	279 1.0×	202 0.8×	517 2.3×	63	1.4k
Eva Derous Belgium	22	282 0.4×	626 1.5×	277 1.0×	96 0.4×	82 0.4×	99	1.6k
Joaquim Armando Ferreira Portugal	17	295 0.5×	245 0.6×	268 1.0×	169 0.6×	182 0.8×	80	1.3k
Prashant Loyalka United States	28	987 1.5×	540 1.3×	105 0.4×	223 0.8×	406 1.8×	95	2.1k
Sierra L. Grant United States	23	590 0.9×	612 1.5×	232 0.8×	91 0.3×	209 0.9×	82	2.0k
Ronald F. Ferguson United States	15	1.2k 1.8×	637 1.5×	121 0.4×	91 0.3×	177 0.8×	35	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Kautz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Kautz

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20 of 20 papers shown

Feng, Shuaizhang, et al.. (2024). Shorter can be better: Balancing length and predictive power when measuring noncognitive skills to predict academic outcomes. Economics Letters. 236. 111598–111598.

Kautz, Tim, et al.. (2023). Measurement and Development of Noncognitive Skills in Adolescence: Evidence from Chicago Public Schools and the OneGoal Program. Journal of Human Capital. 18(2). 272–304. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, J., Brian M. Galla, Sidney K. D’Mello, et al.. (2022). Large studies reveal how reference bias limits policy applications of self-report measures. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19189–19189. 32 indexed citations

Feng, Shuaizhang, et al.. (2022). Comparing the reliability and predictive power of child, teacher, and guardian reports of noncognitive skills. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 15 indexed citations

Duckworth, Angela, et al.. (2021). Students Attending School Remotely Suffer Socially, Emotionally, and Academically. Educational Researcher. 50(7). 479–482. 42 indexed citations

Schochet, Peter Z., et al.. (2021). Design-Based Ratio Estimators and Central Limit Theorems for Clustered, Blocked RCTs. Figshare. 15 indexed citations

Deke, John, et al.. (2021). Asymdystopia: The Threat of Small Biases in Evaluations of Education Interventions That Need to Be Powered to Detect Small Impacts. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 14(1). 207–240. 1 indexed citations

Hock, Heinrich, Dara Lee Luca, Tim Kautz, & David C. Stapleton. (2021). Improving the outcomes of youth with medical limitations: Evidence from the National Job Corps Study. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 32(3). 636–656. 1 indexed citations

Goldring, Ellen, Melissa A. Clark, Mollie Rubin, et al.. (2020). Changing the Principal Supervisor Role to Better Support Principals: Evidence from the Principal Supervisor Initiative.. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6 indexed citations

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James‐Burdumy, Susanne, et al.. (2019). The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership: Appendices. NCEE 2020-0002.. 5 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J., et al.. (2019). Some Contributions of Economics to the Study of Personality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuanyuan, Shuaizhang Feng, James J. Heckman, & Tim Kautz. (2019). Sensitivity of self-reported noncognitive skills to survey administration conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(2). 931–935. 23 indexed citations

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Kautz, Tim, et al.. (2017). Comparing Impact Findings from Design-Based and Model-Based Methods: An Empirical Investigation. NCEE 2017-4026.. 1 indexed citations

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Deke, John, et al.. (2017). Asymdystopia: The Threat of Small Biases in Evaluations of Education Interventions That Need to Be Powered to Detect Small Impacts. NCEE 2018-4002.. 2 indexed citations

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Kautz, Tim, James J. Heckman, Ron Diris, Bas ter Weel, & Lex Borghans. (2014). Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success. SSRN Electronic Journal. 110 indexed citations

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Heckman, James & Tim Kautz. (2013). Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions that Improve Character and Cognition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 158 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Tim Kautz. (2013). Fostering and Measuring Skills Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 341–430. 4 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Tim Kautz. (2012). Hard evidence on soft skills. Labour Economics. 19(4). 451–464. 990 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duckworth, Angela, et al.. (2011). Personality Psychology and Economics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4. 1–181. 39 indexed citations

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Kautz, Tim, Eran Bendavid, Jayanta Bhattacharya, & Grant Miller. (2010). AIDS and declining support for dependent elderly people in Africa: retrospective analysis using demographic and health surveys. BMJ. 340(jun16 3). c2841–c2841. 61 indexed citations

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