Will Dobbie

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Will Dobbie is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Dobbie has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Accounting and 10 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Will Dobbie's work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (15 papers), Housing Market and Economics (13 papers) and School Choice and Performance (10 papers). Will Dobbie is often cited by papers focused on Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (15 papers), Housing Market and Economics (13 papers) and School Choice and Performance (10 papers). Will Dobbie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Will Dobbie's co-authors include Roland G. Fryer, Crystal Yang, Jae Song, Jacob Goldin, David Arnold, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Paige Marta Skiba, Peter Hull, Neale Mahoney and Vikram Pathania and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Will Dobbie

40 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement Among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone

2011 323 citations Will Dobbie, Roland G. Fryer American Economic Journal Applied Economics profile →
The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges

2018 306 citations Will Dobbie, Jacob Goldin et al. American Economic Review profile →
Racial Bias in Bail Decisions*

2018 200 citations David Arnold, Will Dobbie et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will Dobbie United States	18	660	645	492	348	245	41	1.7k
Terri Friedline United States	21	610 0.9×	356 0.6×	222 0.5×	778 2.2×	220 0.9×	64	1.4k
Mark Hoekstra United States	18	346 0.5×	454 0.7×	664 1.3×	127 0.4×	54 0.2×	39	1.4k
Şule Alan United Kingdom	19	454 0.7×	210 0.3×	205 0.4×	354 1.0×	126 0.5×	48	1.2k
Jonathan Meer United States	20	689 1.0×	595 0.9×	202 0.4×	205 0.6×	65 0.3×	45	1.6k
Eric R. Eide United States	19	713 1.1×	566 0.9×	1.3k 2.5×	106 0.3×	57 0.2×	40	2.1k
Éric Maurin France	27	952 1.4×	844 1.3×	466 0.9×	82 0.2×	98 0.4×	91	2.1k
M. Daniele Paserman United States	19	513 0.8×	767 1.2×	431 0.9×	98 0.3×	33 0.1×	33	1.5k
McKinley L. Blackburn United States	21	1.1k 1.7×	747 1.2×	179 0.4×	142 0.4×	85 0.3×	59	1.9k
Michael Rosholm Denmark	26	1.2k 1.9×	777 1.2×	144 0.3×	155 0.4×	178 0.7×	111	2.0k
Thomas Cornelißen Germany	15	399 0.6×	284 0.4×	209 0.4×	103 0.3×	33 0.1×	37	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Will Dobbie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Dobbie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Dobbie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Will Dobbie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Will Dobbie 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 Will Dobbie. Will Dobbie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dobbie, Will, et al.. (2024). Algorithmic Recommendations When the Stakes Are High: Evidence from Judicial Elections. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 114. 633–637.

Dobbie, Will, et al.. (2023). Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

Dobbie, Will & Crystal Yang. (2021). The Economic Costs of Pretrial Detention. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2021(1). 251–291. 7 indexed citations

Dobbie, Will, Andres Liberman, Daniel Paravisini, & Vikram Pathania. (2021). Measuring Bias in Consumer Lending. The Review of Economic Studies. 88(6). 2799–2832. 60 indexed citations

Dobbie, Will & Crystal Yang. (2021). The US Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 35(4). 49–70. 8 indexed citations

Dobbie, Will & Crystal Yang. (2021). The Us Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Dobbie, Will & Jae Song. (2020). Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers. American Economic Review. 110(4). 984–1018. 27 indexed citations

Dee, Thomas S., Will Dobbie, Brian Jacob, & Jonah Rockoff. (2019). The Causes and Consequences of Test Score Manipulation: Evidence from the New York Regents Examinations. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 11(3). 382–423. 45 indexed citations

Yang, Crystal & Will Dobbie. (2019). Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Jae Song. (2019). Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will, Jacob Goldin, & Crystal Yang. (2018). The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges. American Economic Review. 108(2). 201–240. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arnold, David, Will Dobbie, & Crystal Yang. (2018). Racial Bias in Bail Decisions*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 133(4). 1885–1932. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobbie, Will, Benjamin J. Keys, & Neale Mahoney. (2017). Credit Market Consequences of Credit Flag Removals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Arnold, David, Will Dobbie, & Crystal Yang. (2017). Racial Bias in Bail Decisions. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Roland G. Fryer. (2014). The Impact of Attending a School with High-Achieving Peers: Evidence from the New York City Exam Schools. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 6(3). 58–75. 15 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Roland G. Fryer. (2011). Exam High Schools and Academic Achievement: Evidence from New York City. NBER Working Paper No. 17286.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 12 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Roland G. Fryer. (2011). Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City. NBER Working Paper No. 17632.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 19 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Paige Marta Skiba. (2011). Information Asymmetries in Consumer Credit Markets: Evidence from Two Payday Lending Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Dobbie, Will & Roland G. Fryer. (2011). Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement Among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 3(3). 158–187. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobbie, Will & Roland G. Fryer. (2009). Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Harlem. NBER Working Paper No. 15473.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 24 indexed citations

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