Thijs Bol

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thijs Bol is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Thijs Bol has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Thijs Bol's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (23 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (11 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (11 papers). Thijs Bol is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (23 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (11 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (11 papers). Thijs Bol collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Thijs Bol's co-authors include Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Arnout van de Rijt, Mathijs de Vaan, Andrea Förster, Kim A. Weeden, Thomas A. DiPrete, Christina Ciocca Eller, Bram Lancee, Jaap Dronkers and Valentina Di Stasio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Thijs Bol

41 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Matthew effect in science funding

2018 307 citations Thijs Bol, Mathijs de Vaan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Inequality in homeschooling during the Corona crisis in the Netherlands. First results from the LISS Panel.

2020 125 citations Thijs Bol profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thijs Bol Netherlands	18	936	661	569	322	305	45	1.9k
Gregory M. Eirich United States	4	719 0.8×	208 0.3×	236 0.4×	314 1.0×	134 0.4×	5	1.4k
Kim A. Weeden United States	18	1.4k 1.5×	716 1.1×	354 0.6×	661 2.1×	340 1.1×	26	2.5k
Robert K. Toutkoushian United States	25	271 0.3×	350 0.5×	1.0k 1.8×	134 0.4×	386 1.3×	75	1.8k
Monica Gaughan United States	20	291 0.3×	333 0.5×	301 0.5×	269 0.8×	226 0.7×	40	1.8k
Katrin Auspurg Germany	16	1.1k 1.1×	326 0.5×	87 0.2×	182 0.6×	213 0.7×	56	1.7k
Teresa A. Sullivan United States	21	536 0.6×	378 0.6×	205 0.4×	299 0.9×	113 0.4×	85	1.4k
Éric Maurin France	27	844 0.9×	952 1.4×	466 0.8×	414 1.3×	225 0.7×	91	2.1k
Erik Plug Netherlands	22	1.3k 1.4×	662 1.0×	481 0.8×	231 0.7×	158 0.5×	64	2.3k
Hans-Peter Blossfeld Germany	25	1.6k 1.7×	512 0.8×	300 0.5×	496 1.5×	535 1.8×	53	2.8k
Kimberlee A. Shauman United States	13	368 0.4×	198 0.3×	292 0.5×	153 0.5×	67 0.2×	15	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Thijs Bol

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thijs Bol

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thijs Bol. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thijs Bol 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 Thijs Bol. Thijs Bol is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bol, Thijs, et al.. (2025). How routine tasks affect labor market inequalities between vocational and tertiary graduates over the career. Social Science Research. 131. 103207–103207.

Kalmijn, Matthijs, et al.. (2024). Fatherhood and men’s working hours in a part-time economy. Social Forces. 103(2). 681–702.

Werfhorst, Herman G. van de, et al.. (2024). Inequality in pandemic effects on school track placement and the role of social and academic embeddedness. npj Science of Learning. 9(1). 71–71. 1 indexed citations

Crone, Eveline A., Thijs Bol, Barbara R. Braams, et al.. (2024). Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS): A team science effort to predict societal trajectories in adolescence and young adulthood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 67. 101403–101403. 3 indexed citations

Albers, Casper J., Sense Jan van der Molen, & Thijs Bol. (2024). Gender differences in Dutch research funding over time: A statistical investigation of the innovation scheme 2012–2021. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0297311–e0297311.

Bol, Thijs, et al.. (2023). Temporary employment and wage inequality over the life course. European Sociological Review. 40(5). 853–871. 3 indexed citations

Bol, Thijs. (2023). Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20267–20267. 3 indexed citations

Keuschnigg, Marc, Arnout van de Rijt, & Thijs Bol. (2023). The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners. European Sociological Review. 39(5). 820–833. 5 indexed citations

Bol, Thijs, et al.. (2022). The dynamics of achievement inequality: The role of performance and choice in Chile. International Journal of Educational Development. 92. 102628–102628. 3 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs & Jan Paul Heisig. (2021). Explaining wage differentials by field of study among higher education graduates: Evidence from a large-scale survey of adult skills. Social Science Research. 99. 102594–102594. 10 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs, et al.. (2020). Thuisonderwijs tijdens de corona-crisis. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 1 indexed citations

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Léopold, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Divorce and Diverging Poverty Rates: A Risk‐and‐Vulnerability Approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 82(3). 1089–1109. 53 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs, Mathijs de Vaan, & Arnout van de Rijt. (2018). The Matthew effect in science funding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(19). 4887–4890. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Förster, Andrea & Thijs Bol. (2017). Vocational education and employment over the life course using a new measure of occupational specificity. Social Science Research. 70. 176–197. 71 indexed citations

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Lancee, Bram & Thijs Bol. (2017). The Transferability of Skills and Degrees: Why the Place of Education Affects Immigrant Earnings. Social Forces. 96(2). 691–716. 52 indexed citations

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Stojmenovska, Dragana, Thijs Bol, & Thomas Léopold. (2017). Does Diversity Pay? A Replication of Herring (2009). American Sociological Review. 82(4). 857–867. 17 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs & Ida Drange. (2016). Occupational closure and wages in Norway. Acta Sociologica. 60(2). 134–157. 12 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs & Matthijs Kalmijn. (2015). Grandparents' resources and grandchildren's schooling: Does grandparental involvement moderate the grandparent effect?. Social Science Research. 55. 155–170. 52 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs. (2014). Economic returns to occupational closure in the German skilled trades. Social Science Research. 46. 9–22. 22 indexed citations

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Bol, Thijs, et al.. (2014). Curricular Tracking and Central Examinations: Counterbalancing the Impact of Social Background on Student Achievement in 36 Countries. Social Forces. 92(4). 1545–1572. 123 indexed citations

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