David McKenzie

24.1k citations
286 papers · 14.1k · 10 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Papers in

    • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion 43
    • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 36
    • Taxation and Compliance Studies 29
    • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality 22
    • Migration and Labor Dynamics 101
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies 27

David McKenzie

272 papers receiving 12.6k citations

David McKenzie's Hit Papers

Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa 2017 · 224 citations
2240+7+14Years since publication200400600

Peers

David McKenzie
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  • Business and International Management 827
  • Safety Research 2.5k
  • Economics and Econometrics 6.6k
  • Accounting 2.1k
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 939
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All Works

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1
Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
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2008665
2
Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico
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2006576
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Beyond baseline and follow-up: The case for more T in experiments
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2012539
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In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments
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2009480
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Measuring inequality with asset indicators
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2005477
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Self-Selection Patterns in Mexico-U.S. Migration: The Role of Migration Networks
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2010415
7
Does management matter? Evidence from India
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2011399
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What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
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2013365
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Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico
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2010359
10 2010261
11 2008258
12 2008253
13 2010234
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Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa
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2017224
15 2006214
16 2009214
17 2013201
18 2013197
19 2009193
20 2010193

About David McKenzie

David McKenzie is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, Gender Studies and Safety Research, having authored 286 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (101 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (43 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (36 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (29 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (28 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (27 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (26 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Business and International Management (827 citations), Safety Research (2.5k citations), Economics and Econometrics (6.6k citations), Accounting (2.1k citations) and Management of Technology and Innovation (939 citations). David McKenzie has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Christopher Woodruff, John Gibson, Hillel Rapoport, Suresh de Mel, Steven Stillman, Miriam Bruhn, Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, John Roberts and Dean Yang. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Development Economics, The World Bank Economic Review, The World Bank Research Observer, The Review of Economics and Statistics and American Economic Journal Applied Economics.

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