American Economic Journal-Applied Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of American Economic Journal-Applied Economics is 3. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front Matter62
LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training44
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health43
Capital Markets in China and Britain, 1770–1860: Evidence from Grain Prices41
Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major39
The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States38
Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement37
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration31
A Network of Thrones: Kinship and Conflict in Europe, 1495–191831
The Marginal Returns to Distance Education: Evidence from Mexico’s Telesecundarias31
Family Formation and Crime30
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being30
Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans25
Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates25
The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Large-Scale Health Experiment25
Do Doctors Improve the Health Care of Their Parents? Evidence from Admission Lotteries24
How Cable News Reshaped Local Government23
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts22
The Origins of Common Identity: Evidence from Alsace-Lorraine22
What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid21
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries20
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850–192019
Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care18
Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location17
Trade Disruptions and Reshoring17
Preferences, Access, and the STEM Gender Gap in Centralized High School Assignment16
Emotions and Risk Attitudes16
The Impact of Presidential Appointment of Judges: Montesquieu or the Federalists?15
Customer Capital Spillovers: Evidence from Sales Managers in International Markets15
Money and Politics: The Effects of Campaign Spending Limits on Political Entry and Competition15
The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States15
The Impact of School Facility Investments on Students and Homeowners: Evidence from Los Angeles14
Preferences, Selection, and the Structure of Teacher Pay14
The Simpler the Better? Threshold Effects of Energy Labels on Property Prices and Energy Efficiency Investments14
Energy Saving May Kill: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident14
The Health Effects of Prison13
Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the United States13
The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity13
Missing Women, Integration Costs, and Big Push Policies in the Saudi Labor Market12
Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria12
Food Transfers and Child Nutrition: Evidence from India's Public Distribution System12
Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana11
Family Labor Supply Responses to Severe Health Shocks: Evidence from Danish Administrative Records11
The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks11
Subways and Urban Air Pollution11
The Willingness to Pay for a Cooler Day: Evidence from 50 Years of Major League Baseball Games11
Health Insurance Design Meets Saving Incentives: Consumer Responses to Complex Contracts11
The Political Premium of Television Celebrity11
Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?11
Front Matter10
Optimal Sin Taxation and Market Power10
Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates across Time and Social Groups10
“Too Young to Die”: Deprivation Measures Combining Poverty and Premature Mortality10
Reexamining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality10
Labor Supply and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Termination of the Bracero Program in 196410
High School Majors and Future Earnings10
When Dad Can Stay Home: Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health9
Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Placing Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Housing Programs on Future Homelessness and Socioeconomic Outcomes9
Competition and Pass-Through: Evidence from Isolated Markets9
Front Matter9
Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply9
Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China8
The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions8
Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility8
Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Market Choices8
African American Intergenerational Economic Mobility since 18808
Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts7
Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda7
Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from an RCT in Pakistan7
Infrastructure Costs7
Improving Women’s Mental Health during a Pandemic7
Socioeconomic Disparities in Privatized Pollution Remediation: Evidence from Toxic Chemical Spills7
Mental Health Costs of Lockdowns: Evidence from Age-Specific Curfews in Turkey7
Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence from a Video Résumé Field Experiment7
Front Matter7
Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation7
Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions6
Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias: Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine6
Front Matter6
Correction to “Temperature and Decisions: Evidence from 207,000 Court Cases” and Reply to Spamann6
A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany6
Location, Location, Location6
Discriminatory Lending: Evidence from Bankers in the Lab6
Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market5
Credit Rationing and Pass-Through in Supply Chains: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh5
Estimating the Distaste for Price Gouging with Incentivized Consumer Reports5
The Impact of Youth Medicaid Eligibility on Adult Incarceration5
School Attendance Boundaries and the Segregation of Public Schools in the United States5
Is Zero a Special Price? Evidence from Child Health Care5
Minority Salience and Political Extremism5
Contagious Dishonesty: Corruption Scandals and Supermarket Theft5
What Impacts Can We Expect from School Spending Policy? Evidence from Evaluations in the United States5
Natural Resource Booms, Human Capital, and Earnings: Evidence from Linked Education and Employment Records5
Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India5
Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark5
The Curse of Plenty: The Green Revolution and the Rise in Chronic Disease5
Does Discipline Decrease Police Misconduct? Evidence from Chicago Civilian Allegations4
The Effect of Immigration Restrictions on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure4
Collateralized Marriage4
Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service4
Communication Infrastructure and Stabilizing Food Prices: Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China4
Media Coverage of Immigration and the Polarization of Attitudes4
And Yet It Moves: Intergenerational Mobility in Italy4
Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from US Mass Migration4
Pay Transparency and the Gender Gap4
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased?4
Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data4
Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism4
The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill4
Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa4
Fighting for Tyranny: State Repression and Combat Motivation4
Temporary Stays and Persistent Gains: The Causal Effects of Foster Care4
Civil Service Exams and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Pendleton Act4
Why Is Europe More Equal than the United States?4
The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers’ Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications4
Salary History and Employer Demand: Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit4
The Long-Run Evolution of Absolute Intergenerational Mobility4
Front Matter4
The Value of Leisure Synchronization4
How Do Households Respond to Job Loss? Lessons from Multiple High-Frequency Datasets4
Is It Who You Are or What You Get? Comparing the Impacts of Loans and Grants for Microenterprise Development4
Strategic Formal Layoffs: Unemployment Insurance and Informal Labor Markets4
The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics3
Reexamining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply3
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents3
The Short- and the Long-Run Impact of Gender-Biased Teachers3
Information Frictions, Internet, and the Relationship between Distance and Trade3
Reexamining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Comment3
Comment on “Temperature and Decisions: Evidence from 207,000 Court Cases”3
Does Promoting One Healthy Behavior Detract from Others? Evidence from a Field Experiment3
Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA3
Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Microgeographic Evidence from Chicago3
Family Spillover Effects of Marginal Diagnoses: The Case of ADHD3
Independent Media, Propaganda, and Religiosity: Evidence from Poland3
Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections3
Teaching Labor Laws: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in South Africa3
Skill Depreciation during Unemployment: Evidence from Panel Data3
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