Paul J. Devereux

Institution: University College Dublin

Primary Field: Labor (weighted toward more recent publications)

First Publication: 2000

Most Recent: 2025

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.02: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period	S (4x)	A (2x)	B (1x)	C (½x)	Total	Percentile
Last 5 Years	0.00	2.35	4.04	0.50	6.90	90%
Last 10 Years	2.02	7.74	6.56	1.01	17.32	96%
All Time	10.09	28.93	7.57	3.87	50.46	98%

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 34

Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 32.31

Publications (34)

Year	Article	Journal	Tier	Authors
2025	The (Un)Importance of Inheritance	Journal of the European Economic Association	A	4
2025	Teacher Bias and Evaluation Differences in Test Scores: Different Methods for Different Questions	Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics	B	2
2025	Gender differences in graduate degree choices	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization	B	2
2022	Gender Differences in STEM Persistence after Graduation	Economica	C	2
2022	Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life	Journal of Human Resources	A	3
2021	Gender differences in college applications: Aspiration and risk management	Economics of Education Review	B	2
2021	High School Rank in Math and English and the Gender Gap in STEM	Labour Economics	B	2
2020	Poor Little Rich Kids? The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviours	Review of Economic Studies	S	4
2020	Choosing differently? College application behavior and the persistence of educational advantage	Economics of Education Review	B	2
2020	Math matters! The importance of mathematical and verbal skills for degree performance	Economics Letters	C	2
2019	This Is Only a Test? Long-Run and Intergenerational Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout	Review of Economics and Statistics	A	4
2019	Understanding gender differences in STEM: Evidence from college applications✰	Economics of Education Review	B	2
2019	More Education, Less Volatility? The Effect of Education on Earnings Volatility over the Life Cycle	Journal of Labor Economics	A	2
2018	Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets	Review of Finance	B	4
2017	On the Origins of Risk-Taking in Financial Markets	Journal of Finance	A	4
2016	Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes	American Economic Journal: Applied Economics	A	3
2014	Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance	Review of Economics and Statistics	A	4
2013	Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults	Journal of Labor Economics	A	3
2011	Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age	Review of Economics and Statistics	A	3
2011	Earnings returns to the British education expansion	Economics of Education Review	B	2
2010	Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men	Journal of Human Resources	A	3
2009	Improved JIVE Estimators for Overidentified Linear Models with and without Heteroskedasticity	Review of Economics and Statistics	A	2
2009	Like father, like son? A note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores	Economics Letters	C	3
2009	Optimally combining censored and uncensored datasets	Journal of Econometrics	A	2
2007	From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes	Quarterly Journal of Economics	S	3
2006	Comment on ‘The case against JIVE’	Journal of Applied Econometrics	B	2
2006	Does “Satisfaction” with Local Public Services Affect Complaints (Voice) and Geographic Mobility (Exit)?	Public Finance Review	C	2
2005	Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital	American Economic Review	S	3
2005	The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children's Education	Quarterly Journal of Economics	S	3
2005	Do Employers Provide Insurance against Low Frequency Shocks? Industry Employment and Industry Wages	Journal of Labor Economics	A	1
2004	Changes in Relative Wages and Family Labor Supply	Journal of Human Resources	A	1
2004	Cyclical Quality Adjustment in the Labor Market	Southern Economic Journal	C	1
2002	Occupational Upgrading and the Business Cycle	Labour	C	1
2000	Task Assignment over the Business Cycle.	Journal of Labor Economics	A	1