American Economic Journal-Applied Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of American Economic Journal-Applied Economics is 21. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter51
Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending46
LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training45
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health45
Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement36
The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States36
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration34
Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major32
Family Formation and Crime31
Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans30
The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico’s Telesecundarias28
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being28
Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates27
What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid27
Do Doctors Improve the Health Care of Their Parents? Evidence from Admission Lotteries26
How Cable News Reshaped Local Government23
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts23
The Origins of Common Identity: Evidence from Alsace-Lorraine23
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries23
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act23
The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Large-Scale Health Experiment22
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850–192021
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