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Benjamin Olken

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Statistics

Publications

79

Citations

16.5K

H-Index

49

Active since

2001

Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

National Bureau of Economic Research

Harvard University Press

Harvard University

John F. Kennedy University

Benjamin Olken is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in economics, social sciences, and development economics.

Publications per year

2001–2025

79

Publications

79

What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature

Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin Olken · Journal of Economic Literature · 2014 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Meteorology, Climate Science +16

Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century

Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin Olken · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 2012 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Economics +16

Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Benjamin Olken · Journal of Political Economy · 2007 · 1.6K citations

Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Policy +15

Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II

Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin Olken · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2005 · 714 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Leadership +9

Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II*

Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin Olken · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2005 · 558 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Leadership +11

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