Bob Rijkers

2.2k total citations
78 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bob Rijkers is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob Rijkers has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Bob Rijkers's work include Taxation and Compliance Studies (16 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (12 papers). Bob Rijkers is often cited by papers focused on Taxation and Compliance Studies (16 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (12 papers). Bob Rijkers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Argentina. Bob Rijkers's co-authors include Caroline Freund, Antonio Nucifora, Mary Hallward‐Driemeier, Måns Söderbom, Niels Johannesen, Jørgen Juel Andersen, Çağlar Özden, Josef Loening, Erhan Artuç and Gaël Raballand and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bob Rijkers

68 papers receiving 926 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bob Rijkers United States	18	570	276	167	139	134	78	1.1k
Mohammad Amin United States	16	459 0.8×	222 0.8×	122 0.7×	150 1.1×	92 0.7×	129	874
Byung‐Yeon Kim South Korea	20	548 1.0×	360 1.3×	147 0.9×	204 1.5×	135 1.0×	65	1.1k
Benn Eifert United States	9	513 0.9×	370 1.3×	259 1.6×	168 1.2×	156 1.2×	12	1.2k
Mina Baliamoune‐Lutz United States	18	568 1.0×	294 1.1×	185 1.1×	109 0.8×	122 0.9×	65	1.1k
Benjamin Powell United States	19	431 0.8×	607 2.2×	117 0.7×	82 0.6×	81 0.6×	82	1.1k
James W. Saunoris United States	21	1.1k 2.0×	265 1.0×	108 0.6×	384 2.8×	142 1.1×	97	1.4k
Nabamita Dutta United States	19	549 1.0×	424 1.5×	159 1.0×	218 1.6×	172 1.3×	74	1.2k
Jonathan Haughton United States	19	492 0.9×	306 1.1×	74 0.4×	153 1.1×	37 0.3×	59	1.2k
Ernest Aryeetey Ghana	18	660 1.2×	158 0.6×	118 0.7×	384 2.8×	65 0.5×	62	1.1k
Luisa Blanco United States	15	566 1.0×	230 0.8×	179 1.1×	177 1.3×	98 0.7×	67	992

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Rijkers, Bob, et al.. (2025). Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia. Journal of Development Economics. 177. 103539–103539.

Artuç, Erhan, Guido Porto, & Bob Rijkers. (2025). Crops, Conflict and Climate Change. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Artuç, Erhan, et al.. (2023). Protectionism and Gender Inequality in Developing Countries. ArODES (HES-SO (https://www.hes-so.ch/)). 14(2). 177–222.

Do, Quy‐Toan, et al.. (2023). Transnational terrorism and the internet. Journal of Development Economics. 164. 103118–103118. 5 indexed citations

Özden, Çağlar, et al.. (2021). Who Can Work from Home?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 74 indexed citations

Hallward‐Driemeier, Mary, Anna Kochanova, & Bob Rijkers. (2020). Does Democratization Promote Competition?: Indonesian Manufacturing Pre and Post Suharto. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Özden, Çağlar, et al.. (2020). Which Jobs are Most Vulnerable to COVID-19? What an Analysis of the European Union Reveals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Özden, Çağlar, et al.. (2020). Who on Earth can Work from Home ?. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 13 indexed citations

Fernandes, Ana M., et al.. (2020). Does Better Information Curb Customs Fraud?. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, Caroline Freund, & Antonio Nucifora. (2016). All in the family: State capture in Tunisia. Journal of Development Economics. 124. 41–59. 52 indexed citations

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Falco, Paolo, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, & Mauricio Sarrias. (2015). Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing: An application to occupational allocation in Africa. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 111. 137–153. 19 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, Leila Baghdadi, & Gaël Raballand. (2015). Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia. World Bank policy research working paper. 8 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, et al.. (2014). Which firms create the most jobs in developing countries? Evidence from Tunisia. Labour Economics. 31. 84–102. 37 indexed citations

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Falco, Paolo, Andrew Kerr, Pierella Paci, & Bob Rijkers. (2014). Working toward Better Pay: Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, et al.. (2014). Which Firms Create the Most Jobs in Developing Countries? Evidence from Tunisia. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 7 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, et al.. (2014). Which Firms Create the Most Jobs in Developing Countries? Evidence from Tunisia. Elsevier eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Freund, Caroline & Bob Rijkers. (2014). Episodes of unemployment reduction in rich, middle-income and transition economies. Journal of Comparative Economics. 42(4). 907–923. 6 indexed citations

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Falco, Paolo, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, & Mauricio Sarrias. (2012). Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Hallward‐Driemeier, Mary, et al.. (2011). Ladies First? Firm-Level Evidence on the Labor Impacts of the East Asian Crisis. World Bank eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Rijkers, Bob, Måns Söderbom, & Josef Loening. (2010). A Rural–Urban Comparison of Manufacturing Enterprise Performance in Ethiopia. World Development. 38(9). 1278–1296. 46 indexed citations

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