Benjamin Olken
Impact in
- Economics and Econometrics top 0.1%
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Safety Research top 0.2%
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Papers in
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- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare 21
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- Taxation and Compliance Studies 7
- Economic Growth and Productivity 4
- Co-authors
- Benjamin F. Jones (9 shared papers)Melissa Dell (4 shared papers)Rema Hanna (18 shared papers)Rohini Pande (4 shared papers)Abhijit Banerjee (15 shared papers)Vivi Alatas (5 shared papers)Patrick Barron (1 shared paper)Chang‐Tai Hsieh (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- American Economic Review (8 papers)Journal of Political Economy (5 papers)American Economic Journal Applied Economics (5 papers)The Quarterly Journal of Economics (4 papers)Journal of Public Economics (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomIndonesia
In The Last Decade
Benjamin Olken
65 papers receiving 9.2k citations
Benjamin Olken's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 137
- Economics and Econometrics 3.2k
- Safety Research 924
- Sociology and Political Science 3k
- Development 190
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 505
Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Olken
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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Olken
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Benjamin Olken, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1413 |
| 2 | Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1353 |
| 3 | Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 866 |
| 4 | Corruption in Developing Countries Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 462 |
| 5 | Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 448 |
| 6 | Corruption perceptions vs. corruption reality Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 429 |
| 7 | Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 339 |
| 8 | Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 306 |
| 9 | 2012 | 290 | |
| 10 | 2005 | 286 | |
| 11 | Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 243 |
| 12 | 2005 | 239 | |
| 13 | 2010 | 218 | |
| 14 | 2009 | 190 | |
| 15 | 2008 | 180 | |
| 16 | 2015 | 172 | |
| 17 | 2017 | 164 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 163 | |
| 19 | 2014 | 162 | |
| 20 | 2018 | 145 |
About Benjamin Olken
Benjamin Olken is a scholar working on Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Development and Public Administration, having authored 68 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (21 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (9 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (7 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (6 papers), Communication and COVID-19 Impact (4 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (4 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Economics and Econometrics (3.2k citations), Safety Research (924 citations), Sociology and Political Science (3k citations), Development (190 citations) and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (505 citations). Benjamin Olken has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Indonesia. Frequent co-authors include Benjamin F. Jones, Melissa Dell, Rema Hanna, Rohini Pande, Abhijit Banerjee, Vivi Alatas, Patrick Barron, Chang‐Tai Hsieh, Robin Burgess and Gabriel E. Kreindler. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Journal Applied Economics, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Public Economics.
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