American Economic Journal-Applied Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of American Economic Journal-Applied Economics is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter51
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health44
LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training42
Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement42
The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States40
Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major38
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration32
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being31
Family Formation and Crime31
Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates30
Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans26
The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico’s Telesecundarias26
The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Large-Scale Health Experiment26
How Cable News Reshaped Local Government25
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries25
Do Doctors Improve the Health Care of Their Parents? Evidence from Admission Lotteries25
The Origins of Common Identity: Evidence from Alsace-Lorraine22
What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid22
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts21
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850–192020
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