Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 30 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (41 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (18 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (14 papers). Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (41 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (18 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (14 papers). Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malawi and Kenya. Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert's co-authors include Jordan Chamberlin, Thomas S. Jayne, Ephraim Chirwa, Nicole M. Mason, Charles Jumbe, Anna Josephson, Oluwatoba Omotilewa, Rodney Lunduka, John Herbert Ainembabazi and Raymond J.G.M. Florax and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Journal of Development Economics and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert

68 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Subsidies and Crowding Out: A Double‐Hurdle Model of Fertilizer Demand in Malawi
    2011 280 citations Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, Thomas S. Jayne et al. American Journal of Agricultural Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert United States 26 1.3k 772 657 321 226 74 2.2k
Jeffrey Alwang United States 28 1.2k 0.9× 579 0.8× 782 1.2× 388 1.2× 222 1.0× 138 2.5k
Tesfamicheal Wossen Kenya 25 1.2k 0.9× 637 0.8× 631 1.0× 524 1.6× 111 0.5× 55 2.3k
Victor Owusu Ghana 23 943 0.7× 665 0.9× 416 0.6× 268 0.8× 114 0.5× 95 2.0k
Shiferaw Feleke Tanzania 21 968 0.8× 416 0.5× 544 0.8× 271 0.8× 139 0.6× 61 1.7k
Sudha Narayanan India 18 805 0.6× 437 0.6× 578 0.9× 233 0.7× 154 0.7× 60 1.7k
Steven Haggblade United States 24 1.0k 0.8× 603 0.8× 753 1.1× 293 0.9× 318 1.4× 80 2.4k
P. K. Joshi United States 26 1.0k 0.8× 631 0.8× 524 0.8× 290 0.9× 72 0.3× 107 2.1k
Nicholas Minot United States 26 1.0k 0.8× 607 0.8× 929 1.4× 223 0.7× 240 1.1× 74 2.4k
T. S. Jayne United States 26 1.5k 1.1× 955 1.2× 615 0.9× 213 0.7× 223 1.0× 74 2.5k
Solomon Asfaw Italy 25 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 635 1.0× 444 1.4× 269 1.2× 53 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2025). What’s Hers Isn’t Mine: Gender-Differentiated Tenure Security, Agricultural Investments, and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 74(2). 607–637.
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2025). Estimating the direct and indirect effects of improved seed adoption on yields: Evidence from DNA-fingerprinting, crop cuts, and self-reporting in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Economics. 174. 103466–103466. 1 indexed citations
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Bauchet, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Social networks and the demand for credence agricultural technologies. Food Policy. 135. 102934–102934.
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, Bokar Moussa, & Tahirou Abdoulaye. (2024). Signaling quality in informal markets. Evidence from an experimental auction in the Sahel. Food Policy. 130. 102774–102774. 1 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Profitability of Fertilizer Use in SSA: Evidence from Malawi. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, David, Stephen Polasky, & Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert. (2023). Policy collision: a framework to identify where polycentric, multi-objective sustainability solutions are needed. Environmental Research Letters. 18(2). 25004–25004. 2 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2023). Incentive mechanisms to exploit intraseasonal price arbitrage opportunities for smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Malawi. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 106(1). 330–353. 4 indexed citations
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Khonje, Makaiko G., Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, Milu Muyanga, & Matin Qaim. (2022). Farm-level production diversity and child and adolescent nutrition in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry, longitudinal study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(5). e391–e399. 16 indexed citations
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Bauchet, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). After the project is over: Measuring longer-term impacts of a food safety intervention in Senegal. World Development. 141. 105414–105414. 5 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2019). What drives smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for a new farm technology? Evidence from an experimental auction in Kenya. Food Policy. 85. 64–71. 53 indexed citations
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Omotilewa, Oluwatoba, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, John Herbert Ainembabazi, & Gerald Shively. (2018). Does improved storage technology promote modern input use and food security? Evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda. Journal of Development Economics. 135. 176–198. 56 indexed citations
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Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Arega D. Alene, et al.. (2017). Productivity and Welfare Effects of Nigeria's e-Voucher-Based Input Subsidy Program. World Development. 97. 251–265. 80 indexed citations
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Josephson, Anna, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, & Raymond J.G.M. Florax. (2014). How does population density influence agricultural intensification and productivity? Evidence from Ethiopia. Food Policy. 48. 142–152. 111 indexed citations
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Snapp, Sieglinde S., et al.. (2014). MAIZE-NITROGEN RESPONSE IN MALAWI'S SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. 7 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2013). Effects of Storage Losses and Grain Management Practices on Storage: Evidence from Maize Production in Benin. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2013). Economic Efficiency and Subsidized Farm Inputs: Evidence from Malawi Maize Farmers. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, Nicole M. & Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert. (2012). Disrupting Demand for Commercial Seed: Input Subsidies in Malawi and Zambia. World Development. 45. 75–91. 94 indexed citations
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Ricker‐Gilbert, Jacob, et al.. (2008). Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Integrated Pest Management Extension Methods: An Example from Bangladesh. Review of Agricultural Economics. 30(2). 252–269. 47 indexed citations

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