Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton

University of St Andrews

H-index: 4

Europe-United Kingdom

About Margaret Leighton

Margaret Leighton, With an exceptional h-index of 4 and a recent h-index of 4 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of St Andrews, specializes in the field of Education, Labour Economics, Development Economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Teachers on the move: evidence from a large-scale learning intervention during lockdown

Meta-Practices: The Role of Ecosystems Actors in Social Innovation

Fostering early childhood development in low-resource communities: Evidence from a group-based parenting intervention in Tanzania

Rich Grad, Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice

Major-occupation match quality: an empirical measure based on relative productivity

Mother tongue reading materials as a bridge to literacy

How to Make Decentralization Work? Evidence from a capacity-building intervention in local governance

Labor market returns to college major specificity

Margaret Leighton Information

University

Position

Lecturer in Economics

Citations(all)

78

Citations(since 2020)

72

Cited By

21

hIndex(all)

4

hIndex(since 2020)

4

i10Index(all)

3

i10Index(since 2020)

2

Email

University Profile Page

University of St Andrews

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Margaret Leighton Skills & Research Interests

Education

Labour Economics

Development Economics

Top articles of Margaret Leighton

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Teachers on the move: evidence from a large-scale learning intervention during lockdown

The Journal of Development Studies

Kartika Bhatia

Margaret Leighton

2024/4/23

Meta-Practices: The Role of Ecosystems Actors in Social Innovation

Jeffrey Hughes

Tyrone Pitsis

Margaret Leighton

Kartika Bhatia

2024/4/3

Fostering early childhood development in low-resource communities: Evidence from a group-based parenting intervention in Tanzania

World Development

Margaret Leighton

Anitha Martine

Julius Massaga

2023/10/1

Rich Grad, Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice

Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice

Margaret Leighton

Jamin Speer

2023/4/23

Major-occupation match quality: an empirical measure based on relative productivity

The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

Margaret Leighton

Jamin D Speer

2023/1/20

Mother tongue reading materials as a bridge to literacy

Economics of Education Review

Margaret Leighton

2022/12/1

How to Make Decentralization Work? Evidence from a capacity-building intervention in local governance

Kartika Bhatia

Margaret Leighton

2022/11/30

Labor market returns to college major specificity

European Economic Review

Margaret Leighton

Jamin D Speer

2020/9/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 10
Auriel M.V. Fournier, PhD

Auriel M.V. Fournier, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 8
Angus Holford

Angus Holford

University of Essex

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