Prof. dr. Bob Rijkers
Professor
“Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi Experimental Evidence from Tunisia” (with N. Ali and M. Cali), Journal of Development Economics, 177, 2025.
“Transnational Terrorism and the Internet” (with Q. Do and N. Gomez-Parra), Journal of Development Economics, 164, 2023.
“Robots, Tasks, and Trade” (with E. Artuc and P. Bastos), Journal of International Economics, 145, 2023.
“Corruption in Customs: Evidence from Madagascar” (with C. Chalendard, A. Fernandes, and G. Raballand), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 138(1), 2023.
“Protectionism and Gender Inequality in Developing Countries” (with E. Artuc, G. Porto, and N. Depetris-Chauvin), Journal of Globalization and Development, 14 (2), 177-222, 2023.
“Household Responses to Illness Shocks: Evidence from High-Frequency Labor Market Data in Ghana” (with R. Heath and G. Mansuri), Journal of Human Resources, Vol 57, No 1, 2022.
“Elite Capture of Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts” (with N. Johannessen and J. Juel Andersen), Journal of Political Economy, Vol 30, No 2, 2022.
“Household Impacts of Tariffs” (with E. Artuc and G. Porto), World Bank Economic Review, Vol 35, Issue 3, 2021.
“Measuring Employment in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Survey Experiment” (with D. Sharma, R. Heath, G. Mansuri, and W. Seitz), World Bank Economic Review, Vol 35, Issue 3, 2021.
“Who on Earth Can Work from Home?” (with D. Garrote Sanchez, N. Gomez Parra, C. Ozden, M. Viollaz, and H. Winkler), World Bank Research Observer, Vol 36, Issue 1, 2021.
“Does Democratization Promote Competition? Evidence from Indonesia” (with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Kochanova), Economic Journal, Vol 131, Issue 640, 2021.
“Trading Off Income and Inequality with Trade Policy” (with G. Porto and E. Artuc), Journal of International Economics, Vol 120, 2019.
“Can Minimum Wages Close Gender Pay Gaps? Firm-level Evidence from Indonesia” (with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Waxman), Review of Income and Wealth, Vol 62, No 2, 2017.
“All in the Family: State Capture in Tunisia” (with C. Freund and A. Nucifora), Journal of Development Economics, Vol 124, 2017.
“Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia” (with G. Raballand and L. Baghdadi), World Bank Economic Review, Vol 31, No 2, 2017.
“Do Employers' Responses to Crises Impact Men and Women Differently? Firm-Level Evidence from Indonesia” (with M. Hallward-Driemeier and A. Waxman), Review of Development Economics, 2016.
“Deals and Delays: Firm-Level Evidence on Corruption and Policy Implementation Times” (with C. Freund and M. Hallward-Driemeier), World Bank Economic Review, Vol 30, No 2, 2016.
“Risky Business: Political Instability and Foreign Direct Greenfield Investment in the Arab World” (with M. Burger and E. Ianchovichina), World Bank Economic Review, Vol 30, No 2, 2016.
“Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa” (with P. Falco, W. Maloney, and M. Sarrias), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 111, 2015.
“Which Firms Create the Most Jobs? Evidence From Tunisia” (with H. Arouri, C. Freund, and A. Nucifora), Labour Economics, Vol 31, 2014.
“Episodes of Unemployment Reduction in Rich, Middle-Income, and Transition Economies” (with C. Freund), Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol 4, No 4, 2014.
“Do Crises Catalyze Creative Destruction? Firm-level Evidence from Indonesia” (with M. Hallward-Driemeier), Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 95, No. 5, 2013.
“The Effects of Risk and Shocks on Non-Farm Enterprise Development in Rural Ethiopia” (with M. Söderbom), World Development, Vol 45, 2013.
“Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship” (with R. Costa), World Development, Vol. 40, No 12, 2013.
“Coping with Crises: Policies to Protect Employment and Earnings” (with P. Paci and A. Revenga), World Bank Research Observer, Vol 27, Issue 2, 2012.
“A Rural-Urban Comparison of Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms” (with M. Söderbom and J. Loening), World Development, Vol 38, No 9, 2010.
“Who Benefits from Promoting SMEs? Some Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia” (with F. Teal and C. Ruggeri Laderchi), World Development, Vol 38, No 4, 2010.
Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
Ali, N., Cali, M., & Rijkers, B. (2025). Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia. Journal of Development Economics, 177, Article 103539. [DOI]
2023
Scholarly publications
Artuc, E., Bastos, P., & Rijkers, B. (2023). Robots, tasks, and trade. Journal of International Economics, 145(2), Article 103828. [DOI]
Chalendard, C., Fernandes, A. M., Raballand, G., & Rijkers, B. (2023). Corruption in Customs. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(1), 575-636. [DOI] [Repository]
Artuc, E., Depetris Chauvin, N., Porto, G., & Rijkers, B. (2023). Protectionism and gender inequality in developing countries. Journal of Globalization and Development, 14(2), 177-222. [DOI]
2022
Scholarly publications
Artuc, E., Porto, G., & Rijkers, B. (2022). Inequality Adjusted Gains from Trade: Evidence from Developing Countries. Springer. [DOI]
Artuc, E., Bastos, P., Copestake, A., & Rijkers, B. (2022). Robots and trade: Implications for developing countries. In L. Y. Ing, & G. M. Grossman (Eds.), Robots and AI: A New Economic Era (pp. 232-274). Routledge. [DOI]
Heath, R., Mansuri , G., & Rijkers, B. (2022). Labor supply responses to health shocks: Evidence from high-frequency labor market data from urban Ghana. Journal of Human Resources, 57(1), 143-177. [DOI]
Andersen, J. J., Johannesen, N., & Rijkers, B. (2022). Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts. Journal of Political Economy, 130(2), 388-425. [DOI]
2021
Scholarly publications
Garotte Sanchez, D., Gomez Parra, N., Ozden, C., Rijkers, B., & Viollaz, M. (2021). Who on earth can work from home? World Bank Research Observer, 36(1), 67-100. [DOI]
Heath, R., Mansuri, G., Rijkers, B., Seitz, W., & Sharma, D. (2021). Measuring Employment: Experimental Evidence from Urban Ghana. World Bank Economic Review, 35(3), 635-651. [DOI]
Hallward-Driemeier, M., Kochanova, A., & Rijkers, B. (2021). Does democratisation promote competition? Evidence from Indonesia. Economic Journal, 131(640), 3296-3321. [DOI]
Artuc, E., Porto, G., & Rijkers, B. (2021). Household impacts of tariffs: data and results from agricultural trade protection. The World Bank Economic Review, 35(3), 563-585. [DOI]
2017
Scholarly publications
Rijkers, B., Freund, C., & Nucifora, A. (2017). All in the family: State capture in Tunisia. Journal of Development Economics, 124, 41-59. [DOI]
Rijkers, B., Arouri, H., & Baghdadi, L. (2017). Are politically connected firms more likely to evade Taxes? Evidence from Tunisia. World Bank Economic Review, 30, S166-S175. [DOI]
Rijkers, B., Baghdadi, L., & Raballand, G. (2017). Political connections and tariff evasion evidence from Tunisia. World Bank Economic Review, 31(2), 459-482. [DOI]
2016
Scholarly publications
Freund, C., Hallward-Driemeier, M., & Rijkers, B. (2016). Deals and delays: Firm-level evidence on corruption and policy implementation times. World Bank Economic Review, 30(2), 354-382. [DOI]
2014
Scholarly publications
Rijkers, B., Arouri, H., Freund, C., & Nucifora, A. (2014). Which firms create the most jobs in developing countries? Evidence from Tunisia. Labour Economics, 31, 84-102. [DOI]