Christopher Jencks
Impact in
- Education top 0.1%
- School Choice and Performance
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Sociology and Political Science top 0.2%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Papers in
- Education 31
- School Choice and Performance 19
- Education Systems and Policy 14
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- Income, Poverty, and Inequality 9
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies 8
- Co-authors
- Stephen Buckles (1 shared paper)Susan Mayer (10 shared papers)Paul E. Peterson (3 shared papers)Meredith Phillips (3 shared papers)Harold W. Watts (1 shared paper)Marshall E. Smith (4 shared papers)Herbert Gintis (5 shared papers)Henry W. Acland (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Sociology of Education (6 papers)Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (4 papers)Harvard Educational Review (4 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (3 papers)American Educational Research Journal (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNetherlandsAustralia
In The Last Decade
Christopher Jencks
87 papers receiving 6.9k citations
Christopher Jencks's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 151
- Education 3.9k
- Sociology and Political Science 4.1k
- Gender Studies 826
- Health 534
- Safety Research 535
Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Jencks
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Christopher Jencks, 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 | Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 1853 |
| 2 | Inequality: A Reassessment of Effect of Family and Schooling in America Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 667 |
| 3 | Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 572 |
| 4 | The Urban Underclass. Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 542 |
| 5 | Who Gets Ahead? The Determinants of Economic Success in America Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 518 |
| 6 | 1989 | 490 | |
| 7 | The Black-White Test Score Gap Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 469 |
| 8 | 1989 | 335 | |
| 9 | 1988 | 256 | |
| 10 | Income Segregation Between Schools and School Districts Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 248 |
| 11 | 1993 | 238 | |
| 12 | 1981 | 192 | |
| 13 | 1981 | 179 | |
| 14 | 1983 | 171 | |
| 15 | "Targeting Within Universalism: Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States" | 1991 | 162 |
| 16 | 1980 | 155 | |
| 17 | 1997 | 140 | |
| 18 | 1988 | 136 | |
| 19 | 1993 | 121 | |
| 20 | 1975 | 117 |
About Christopher Jencks
Christopher Jencks is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 95 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Education Systems and Policy (14 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (9 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (8 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (8 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (6 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (3.9k citations), Sociology and Political Science (4.1k citations), Gender Studies (826 citations), Health (534 citations) and Safety Research (535 citations). Christopher Jencks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Buckles, Susan Mayer, Paul E. Peterson, Meredith Phillips, Harold W. Watts, Marshall E. Smith, Herbert Gintis, Henry W. Acland, Robin D. G. Kelley and James Crouse. Their work appears in journals such as Sociology of Education, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Harvard Educational Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Educational Research Journal.
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