| University expansion in a changing global economy: Triumph of the BRICs? M Carnoy, P Loyalka, M Dobryakova, R Dossani, I Froumin, K Kuhns, ... Stanford University Press, 2013 | 302 | 2013 |
| Human capital and China’s future growth H Li, P Loyalka, S Rozelle, B Wu Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (1), 25-48, 2017 | 272 | 2017 |
| China’s left-behind children: Impact of parental migration on health, nutrition, and educational outcomes C Zhou, S Sylvia, L Zhang, R Luo, H Yi, C Liu, Y Shi, P Loyalka, J Chu, ... Health affairs 34 (11), 1964-1971, 2015 | 257 | 2015 |
| Unequal access to college in China: How far have poor, rural students been left behind? H Li, P Loyalka, S Rozelle, B Wu, J Xie The China Quarterly 221, 185-207, 2015 | 149 | 2015 |
| The concept of public goods, the state, and higher education finance: a view from the BRICs M Carnoy, I Froumin, PK Loyalka, JBG Tilak Higher Education 68, 359-378, 2014 | 136 | 2014 |
| The effect of primary school mergers on academic performance of students in rural China C Liu, L Zhang, R Luo, S Rozelle, P Loyalka International Journal of Educational Development 30 (6), 570-585, 2010 | 128 | 2010 |
| Thinking critically about critical thinking: validating the Russian HEIghten® critical thinking assessment A Shaw, OL Liu, L Gu, E Kardonova, I Chirikov, G Li, S Hu, N Yu, L Ma, ... Studies in Higher Education 45 (9), 1933-1948, 2020 | 121 | 2020 |
| Dropping out of rural China's secondary schools: A mixed-methods analysis Y Shi, L Zhang, Y Ma, H Yi, C Liu, N Johnson, J Chu, P Loyalka, S Rozelle The China Quarterly 224, 1048-1069, 2015 | 121 | 2015 |
| Pay by design: Teacher performance pay design and the distribution of student achievement P Loyalka, S Sylvia, C Liu, J Chu, Y Shi Journal of Labor Economics 37 (3), 621-662, 2019 | 113 | 2019 |
| Does teacher training actually work? Evidence from a large-scale randomized evaluation of a national teacher training program P Loyalka, A Popova, G Li, Z Shi American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11 (3), 128-154, 2019 | 110 | 2019 |
| Can information and counseling help students from poor rural areas go to high school? Evidence from China P Loyalka, C Liu, Y Song, H Yi, X Huang, J Wei, L Zhang, Y Shi, J Chu, ... Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (4), 1012-1025, 2013 | 105 | 2013 |
| The cost of disability in China P Loyalka, L Liu, G Chen, X Zheng Demography 51 (1), 97-118, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| The impact of teacher credentials on student achievement in China JH Chu, P Loyalka, J Chu, Q Qu, Y Shi, G Li China Economic Review 36, 14-24, 2015 | 97 | 2015 |
| Revisiting the relationship between international assessment outcomes and educational production: Evidence from a longitudinal PISA-TIMSS sample M Carnoy, T Khavenson, P Loyalka, WH Schmidt, A Zakharov American Educational Research Journal 53 (4), 1054-1085, 2016 | 96 | 2016 |
| Does shadow education help students prepare for college? Evidence from Russia P Loyalka, A Zakharov International Journal of Educational Development 49, 22-30, 2016 | 90* | 2016 |
| Exploring the dropout rates and causes of dropout in upper-secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools in China H Yi, L Zhang, Y Yao, A Wang, Y Ma, Y Shi, J Chu, P Loyalka, S Rozelle International Journal of Educational Development 42, 115-123, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
| China's looming human capital crisis: upper secondary educational attainment rates and the middle-income trap N Khor, L Pang, C Liu, F Chang, D Mo, P Loyalka, S Rozelle The China Quarterly 228, 905-926, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Diminishing Marginal Returns to Computer‐Assisted Learning E Bettinger, R Fairlie, A Kapuza, E Kardanova, P Loyalka, A Zakharov Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 42 (2), 552-570, 2023 | 78* | 2023 |
| Factors affecting the quality of engineering education in the four largest emerging economies P Loyalka, M Carnoy, I Froumin, R Dossani, JB Tilak, P Yang Higher Education 68, 977-1004, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
| Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States P Loyalka, OL Liu, G Li, E Kardanova, I Chirikov, S Hu, N Yu, L Ma, F Guo, ... Nature human behaviour 5 (7), 892-904, 2021 | 77 | 2021 |
