Robert Sparrow

2.9k total citations
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Sparrow is a scholar working on Finance, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Sparrow has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Finance, 19 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Robert Sparrow's work include Healthcare Systems and Reforms (20 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (16 papers). Robert Sparrow is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Reforms (20 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (16 papers). Robert Sparrow collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and Germany. Robert Sparrow's co-authors include Arjun S. Bedi, Carla Calero, Getnet Alemu, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Krisztina Kis‐Katos, Zelalem Yilma, Asep Suryahadi, Renate Hartwig, Teguh Dartanto and Peter Lanjouw and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Robert Sparrow

47 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Sparrow Netherlands 26 674 578 529 511 497 52 1.9k
Germano Mwabu Kenya 23 885 1.3× 499 0.9× 572 1.1× 589 1.2× 320 0.6× 118 2.2k
Menno Pradhan Netherlands 28 683 1.0× 407 0.7× 336 0.6× 485 0.9× 609 1.2× 77 2.1k
Christel M. J. Vermeersch United States 15 621 0.9× 329 0.6× 620 1.2× 501 1.0× 310 0.6× 28 2.3k
Lionel Demery United States 16 696 1.0× 232 0.4× 214 0.4× 319 0.6× 575 1.2× 47 1.8k
Isaac Osei‐Akoto Ghana 17 766 1.1× 436 0.8× 428 0.8× 449 0.9× 209 0.4× 41 1.8k
Asep Suryahadi Australia 25 787 1.2× 223 0.4× 158 0.3× 345 0.7× 999 2.0× 85 2.3k
David de Ferranti United States 20 769 1.1× 624 1.1× 432 0.8× 569 1.1× 471 0.9× 37 2.1k
Stephen D. Younger United States 19 585 0.9× 172 0.3× 211 0.4× 322 0.6× 658 1.3× 71 1.5k
Laura B. Rawlings United States 19 544 0.8× 126 0.2× 303 0.6× 375 0.7× 583 1.2× 56 2.3k
Margaret Grosh United States 22 722 1.1× 193 0.3× 271 0.5× 492 1.0× 1.1k 2.3× 51 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Sparrow

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Sparrow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Sparrow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Sparrow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Sparrow based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Sparrow. Robert Sparrow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sparrow, Robert, et al.. (2025). Miracle Seeds: Biased Expectations, Complementary Input Use, and the Dynamics of Smallholder Technology Adoption. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 74(1). 305–334.
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Sparrow, Robert, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of tenure arrangements and incentives on sustainable forest use: Evidence from a framed-field experiment in Ethiopia. Forest Policy and Economics. 166. 103280–103280. 1 indexed citations
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Pradhan, Menno, et al.. (2024). When the smoke gets in your lungs: short-term effects of Indonesia’s 2015 forest fires on health care use. Environmental Health. 23(1). 44–44. 1 indexed citations
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Bonfrer, Igna, et al.. (2023). Effects of performance-based capitation payment on the use of public primary health care services in Indonesia. Social Science & Medicine. 327. 115921–115921. 11 indexed citations
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Rieger, Matthias, et al.. (2021). Snacks, nudges and asymmetric peer influence: Evidence from food choice experiments with children in Indonesia. Journal of Health Economics. 79. 102508–102508. 12 indexed citations
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Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Ethiopia’s Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme on Revenues and Quality of Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(22). 8558–8558. 27 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert, et al.. (2020). Information Barriers to Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Willingness to Pay for Certified Seed of an Open Pollinated Maize Variety in Northern Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72(1). 180–201. 36 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert, Teguh Dartanto, & Renate Hartwig. (2020). Indonesia Under the New Normal: Challenges and the Way Ahead. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. 56(3). 269–299. 132 indexed citations
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Bedi, Arjun S., Robert Sparrow, & Luca Tasciotti. (2018). Indonesia's Domestic Biogas Programme – Household panel survey data. Data in Brief. 17. 1388–1390. 3 indexed citations
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Utomo, Ariane, et al.. (2018). Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia. Social Science & Medicine. 229. 22–31. 45 indexed citations
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Hatton, Timothy J., Robert Sparrow, Daniel Suryadarma, & Pierre van der Eng. (2017). Fertility and the health of children in Indonesia. Economics & Human Biology. 28. 67–78. 11 indexed citations
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Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, et al.. (2017). Uptake of health insurance and the productive safety net program in rural Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine. 176. 133–141. 32 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert, et al.. (2016). Sub-national health care financing reforms in Indonesia. Health Policy and Planning. 32(1). 91–101. 24 indexed citations
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Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, Robert Sparrow, Zelalem Yilma, Getnet Alemu, & Arjun S. Bedi. (2015). Dropping out of Ethiopia’s community-based health insurance scheme. Health Policy and Planning. 30(10). 1296–1306. 95 indexed citations
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Kis‐Katos, Krisztina & Robert Sparrow. (2015). Poverty, labor markets and trade liberalization in Indonesia. Journal of Development Economics. 117. 94–106. 78 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert, Asep Suryahadi, & Wenefrida Widyanti. (2012). Social health insurance for the poor: Targeting and impact of Indonesia's Askeskin programme. Social Science & Medicine. 96. 264–271. 122 indexed citations
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Bedi, Arjun S., et al.. (2011). Unemployment Assistance and Transition to Employment in Argentina. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 59(4). 811–837. 8 indexed citations
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Pradhan, Menno, et al.. (2009). Health Spending and Decentralization in Indonesia. Econstor (Econstor). 3 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert. (2008). Targeting the poor in times of crisis: the Indonesian health card. Health Policy and Planning. 23(3). 188–199. 25 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Robert. (2006). Protecting Education for the Poor in Times of Crisis: An Evaluation of a Scholarship Programme in Indonesia*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 69(1). 99–122. 54 indexed citations

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