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Nelli, Linnea, Maria Enrica Virgillito & Marco Vivarelli, 2025, A Twin Transition or a policy flagship? Emergent constellations and dominant blocks in green and digital technologies, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-008 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/BFVC9329
Wong, Pui-hang, Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2025, The teleworking paradox: the geography of residential mobility of workers in pandemic times, Annals of Regional Science, 74, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-025-01368-4, More information
Duong, Khanh, 2025, If inequality is an economic choice, what is the relationship between inequality and growth?, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.014
, 2025, Measuring knowledge flow in the interdisciplinary field of biosecurity: full counting method or fractional counting method?, scientometrics, 130: 1101-1128, More information
Mohnen, Pierre, Jacques Mairesse & Ad Notten, 2025, Innovation and productivity: The recent empirical literature and the state of the art, Eurasian Business Review, DOI: 0.1007/s40821-025-00295-w, More information
Tomai, Maria, 2025, Pathways Towards Circular & Sustainable Economies in Developing Countries: A Socio-Technical Systems Analysis in Ghana, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise, 2025, Essays on the economics of conflict and human capital in Central Africa, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Mathew, Nanditha, Serdar Turkeli & Lili Wang, Feb 2025, Research Agenda on Reorienting Innovation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development, UNU-MERIT Policy Brief, More information
Pham-Thi, Trang & Pui-hang Wong, 2025, Internet Access and Youth’s Mental Health and Well-being: Evidence from Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-007 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/GYMA8538
Djidonou, Gbenoukpo Robert , Neil Foster-McGregor & Nanditha Mathew, 2025, Formal-Informal Supply Chain Linkages and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Human Capital, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-006 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/JNER2108
Vivarelli, Marco & Guillermo Arenas Díaz, 2025, New technologies and employment: the state of the art, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-005 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/KFFP5948
Marydas, Sneha Pemalaputhen, Nanditha Mathew, Giordano De Marzo & Carlo Pietrobelli, 2025, Digital Technologies, Hiring, Training, and Firm Outcomes: Evidence from AI and ICT Adoption in Indian firms, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-004 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/ARHR3976
Mairesse, Jacques, Pierre Mohnen & Ad Notten, 2025, Innovation and productivity: the recent empirical literature and the state of the art, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-003 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/AEUN4217
Boschma, R., E. Hernández-Rodríguez, A. Morrison & Carlo Pietrobelli, 2025, Do global value chains and local capabilities matter for economic complexity in EU regions?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-002 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/BAGR7168
Bacil, Fabianna, Anthony Black, Marina Domingues, Jun Jin, Rasmus Lema, Glen Robbins & Sören Scholvin, 2025, Development strategies for the green hydrogen economy in emerging economies, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2025-001 | Abstract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53330/LGYE5230
Markhof, Yannick Valentin, Philip Wollburg & Alberto Zezza, 2025, Beyond the records: Data quality and COVID-19 vaccination progress in low- and middle-income countries, Journal of Development Economics, 174: 103449, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103449, More information
Geunis, Lotte, 2025, Why Political Actors Engage Young People In Public Policy: Educational Reforms in Ireland and Flanders, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Lebon-McGregor, Elaine, Marie Godin, M. Gabrielsen Jumbert & Niels Ike, 2025, Conditionality, Compensation, or Both? Comparative Experiences of Third-Country Cooperation on Migration with the EU, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, More information
Kügemann, Martin, 2025, Sustainability Assessment and Decision Making on Road Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Selecting alternative road transportation fuels and vehicles under consideration of stakeholder assessment and the inclusion of sustainability aspects, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Camilletti, Elena, Franziska Gassmann, Wim Groot & Bruno Martorano, 2024, Child Work in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Differences and Similarities Between Income-Generating and Care and Domestic Work, The Journal of Development Studies: 1-25, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2434253
Tomai, Maria, Mar 2024, Double espresso with systems thinking, UNU-MERIT’s Maria Tomai works on ECOffee, an EU-funded project to create awareness, networks and trainings around coffee consumption, More information
Wollburg, Philip, Yannick Valentin Markhof, Thomas Bentze & Giulia Ponzini, 2024, Substantial impacts of climate shocks in African smallholder agriculture, Nature Sustainability, 7(11): 1525-1534, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01411-w, More information
Dedho, Negash Haile, René Belderbos & Alvaro CUERVO-CAZURRA, 2024, Corruption experience and foreign investments: clean hands or dirty hands corruption learning?, Journal of International Business, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00763-x, More information
Lebon-McGregor, Elaine, Lalaine Siruno & Giulia Benzi, Oct 2024, Global study on recruitment fees and related costs:, Second edition, More information
Ike, Niels, Elaine Lebon-McGregor, M. Gabrielsen Jumbert & A Bala Akal, Jan 2024, Should the EU give up on readmission agreements as a foreign policy tool?, MIGNEX Policy Brief, More information
Gabrielsen Jumbert, M., Marie Godin, Niels Ike, Elaine Lebon-McGregor, Julia Schweers & Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn, Apr 2024, Does informality lead to better or worse migration partnerships, and for whom?, MIGNEX Policy Brief, More information
Godin, Marie, M. Gabrielsen Jumbert, Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn, Niels Ike, Elaine Lebon-McGregor & Julia Schweers, Apr 2024, Is policy coherence a smokescreen for a more restrictive migration agenda?, MIGNEX Policy Brief, More information
Laar, Mindel, Oksana Celbis & Louis Volante, 2024, Resilience in higher education settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping literature review with implications for policy and practice, International Journal of Education Research Open, 8 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedro.2024.100392, More information
Laar, Mindel & Julieta Marotta, 2024, Education as an E-Resilient System: Empirical Insights from Stakeholder Perspectives in Public Affairs Education, Journal of Public Affairs Education, DOI: 10.1080/15236803.2024.2388919, More information
Cordella, Antonio, Francesco Gualdi & Mindel van de Laar, 2024, Digital skills within the Public Sector: A missing link to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Information Polity, 29(1): 13-33, DOI: 10.3233/IP-230008
Caldarola, Bernardo, Dario Mazzilli, Aurelio Patelli & Angelica Sbardella, 2024, Structural Change, Employment, and Inequality in Europe: an Economic Complexity Approach, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-033 | Abstract
Menéndez De Medina , Mercedes, 2024, Twin transition trade based on multi-dimensional economic complexity, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-032 | Abstract
Cowan, Robin & Nicolas Jonard, 2024, Rankings and Job Market Dynamics: A Model of Academic Science, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-031 | Abstract
Meijers, Huub & Joan Muysken, 2024, A post-mortem of interest rate policy: beware of financial fragility, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-030 | Abstract
Dietrich, Stephan, Daniele Malerba & Franziska Gassmann, 2024, Predicting social assistance beneficiaries: on the social welfare damage of data biases, Data & Policy, e3, DOI: 10.1017/dap.2023.38, More information
Gassmann, Franziska & Eszter Timar, 2024, Perceived position on the social ladder and redistributive preferences – A survey experiment from the Kyrgyz Republic, European Journal of Political Economy, 81, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102496, More information
Ahmed, Musa Hasen , Wondimagegn Tesfaye, Stephan Dietrich & Franziska Gassmann, 2024, Rural roads, Child labor, and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia, Journal of Development Studies, Online: 1675-1690, DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2383397, More information
Tebaldi, Raquel, Franziska Gassmann & Bruno Martorano, 2024, Re-election incentives and the adoption of early childhood development programmes: the case of the Happy Child Programme in Brazil, European Journal of Political Economy, Online, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102616, More information
Janz, Teresa, Franziska Gassmann & Lyliana Gayoso de Ervin, 2024, Weathering Shocks : Unraveling the Effects of Short-Term Weather Shocks on Poverty in Paraguay, World Bank Group, Washington D.C, Policy Research working paper, 10970, More information
Mosselman, Kees & Joan Muysken, 2024, Melkert Jobs, a unique experiment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-029 | Abstract
Tomai, Maria, Georgios Papachristos & Shyama V. Ramani, 2024, The dynamics of change towards sustainability in developing countries: Evidence from Ghana's Waste-to-Energy transition, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100928, More information
Ciarli, Tommaso, Andrés Madariaga Espinoza & Neil Foster-McGregor, Oct 2024, New objectives, same rationales: shifts in the United Kingdom’s industrial strategies?, Project Documents (LC/TS.2024/64), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), More information
Roost, Stefanie & Franziska Gassmann, 2024, The Political Economy of Targeting: An Empirical Assessment of Poland’s Family 500+ Programme, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-028 | Abstract
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2024, The Innovation and Structural Transformation Database: A Guide, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-027 | Abstract
Alvarez-Vanegas, Alejandro, Carlos Cadena Gaitan & Shyama V. Ramani, 2024, Education for Sustainable Development in Colombia: How to get out of the public goods trap?, UNU-MERIT Policy Brief, October 14, 2024, More information
Hendow, Maegan, M. Wagner, Jill Ahrens, Myriam Cherti, Denis Kierans, Albert Kraler, Arjen Leerkes, Lucy Leon, Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez, Lalaine Siruno, Jasper Tjaden & Carlos Vargas-Silva, Oct 2024, How fit is the available data on irregular migration for policymaking?, This policy brief is aimed at those engaged in evidence-based policymaking on
irregular migration, providing an assessment and tips for use of available data on
irregular migration, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2024, Linking the BOPC growth model with foreign debt dynamics to the goods and labour markets: A BOP-IXSM-Okun model, Research in Economics, 78(4), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2024.101007
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2024, Evidence on an endogenous growth model with public R&D, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2024.2354426
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2024, ESTIMATION OF A PRODUCTION FUNCTION OF BRAZIL WITH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CAPITAL STOCK, 1991-2017, Applied Econometrics and International Development, 24(2): 103-128, More information
Tebaldi, Raquel, 2024, The Politics and Impacts of Social Assistance and Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in Latin America, PhD dissertation Maastricht University