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Gassmann, Franziska, Esther Schuering & Brian Mathebula, Aug 25, 2023, The relevance of framing and design parameters for the acceptability of a basic income grant – the case of South Africa, BIEN Conference, Seoul
Gassmann, Franziska, Alex Hunns, Francesco Iacoella, Julieta Morais & Davide Manzoni, 2023, The potential impact of conflict in Ukraine on the most vulnerable groups in Serbia, with a particular focus on children, Report commissioned by UNICEF Serbia, More information
Pham-Thi, Trang, 2023, Mobile internet and income improvement: Evidence from Vietnam, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-042 | Abstract
Asylbek kyzy, Gulzhan, Gary Milante, Zina Nimeh & Kaj Thomsson, 2023, Why do we still measure state fragility?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-041 | Abstract
Gassmann, Franziska, Ugo Gentilini, Julieta Morais, Conrad Nunnenmacher, Yuko Okamura, Giulio Bordon & Giorgia Valleriani, Jul 2023, Is the Magic Happening ? A Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Multiplier of Cash Transfers, World Bank Policy Research Working Papers, Washington, D.C, More information
Pietrobelli, Carlo, Guillermo Anlló, F. Barletta, C. Bianchi, Gabriela Dutrenit, M. Menéndez, Martin Puchet, F. Rocha, K. Ruiz, O. Segura Bonilla & M. Szapiro, 2023, Navigating challenges: STI policies for sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-040 | Abstract
Visentin, Andrea & Louis Volante, 2023, Are social inequalities being transmitted through higher education? A propensity-score matching analysis of private versus public university graduates using machine learning models, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-039 | Abstract
Caliendo, Marco, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Harald Pfeifer, Arne Uhlendorff & Caroline Wehner, 2023, Managers’ Risk Preferences and Firm Training Investments, European Economic Review, 104616, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104616, More information
Soares Martins Neto, Antonio, Renata Mayer Gukovas & Didier Fouarge, 2023, Forced displacement and occupational mobility: a skills-based approach, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-038 | Abstract
Soares Martins Neto, Antonio & Xavier Cirera, 2023, Do innovative firms pay higher wages? Micro-level evidence from Brazil, Research Policy, 52(1), DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104645, More information
Soares Martins Neto, Antonio, Xavier Cirera, Diego Comin, Marcio Cruz & Kyung Min Lee, 2023, Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil, World Trade Review, 22, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745623000186, More information
Ike, Niels, A Bala Akal, Elaine Lebon-McGregor & M. Gabrielsen Jumbert, 2023, Exploring EU Migration Partnerships: The Cases of Turkey and Nigeria, MIGNEX Background Paper. Oslo: Peace Research Institute Oslo, More information
Celbis, Mehmet Guney, Pui-hang Wong, Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2023, Job Satisfaction and the ‘Great Resignation’: An Exploratory Machine Learning Analysis, Social Indicators Research, 170(3): 1097-1118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03233-3, More information
Pezzoni, Michele & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, Gender bias in team formation: the case of the European Science Foundation’s grants, Science and Public Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad058, More information
Fusillo, Fabrizio, Silvia Nenci, Carlo Pietrobelli & Francesco Quatraro, 2023, Co-evolutionary patterns of GVC-trade and knowledge flows in the mining industry: Evidence from Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-037 | Abstract
Bougiouklis, K, A Kesselring, D Thompson, N Premyanov, Serdar Turkeli & René Wintjes, Oct 2023, Promoting cross-border activities for social economy, The study is an analysis of cross-border social economy activities as well as corresponding European and national policies to promote successful approaches. Social Economy actors embark on cross-border activities for reasons that may not necessarily be connected to generating profit – like for-profit traditional SMEs. Based on a comparison of 52 case studies we identified 12 cross-border pathways of SE organizations, More information
Pezzoni, Michele, Reinhilde Vleugelers & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, Technologies fly on the wings of science: Exploring the role of science in technologies’ spatial evolution, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-036 | Abstract
Dietrich, Stephan, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck & Marco Tiberti, 2023, Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-035 | Abstract
Caldarola, Bernardo, 2023, Drivers and impacts of structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from households and firms, PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies, University of Sussex Business School, Science Policy Research Unit, More information
Caldarola, Bernardo, Dario Mazzilli, Aurelio Patelli & Angelica Sbardella, Aug 2023, Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: A review of data, methods, and literature, arXiv, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2308.07172, More information
Caldarola, Bernardo, Marco Grazzi, Martina Occelli & Marco Sanfilippo, 2023, Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda, Research Policy, 52(10): 104871, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104871, More information
Diaz Mendez, Ana Karen & Bruno Martorano, 2023, The gender inequality effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Nigerian labor market, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-034 | Abstract
Rammer, Christian & Nordine Es-Sadki, 2023, Using big data for generating firm-level innovation indicators - a literature review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 197, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122874, More information
Granja, Cintia Denise & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?, Research in Higher Education, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-023-09755-6, More information
Hillenbrand, Tobias, Bruno Martorano, Laura Metzger & Melissa Siegel, 2023, How humanitarian are Germans towards refugees?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-033 | Abstract
Martorano, Bruno, Elena Perra & Marco Tiberti, 2023, Spatial inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa using night-time lights data, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-032 | Abstract
Dussaux, Damien, Alberto Agnelli & Nordine Es-Sadki, Jul 2023, Exploring new metrics to measure environmental innovation, OECD Publishing, Paris, OECD Working Paper.
, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1787/e57a8a13-en, More information
Dener, Cem, Kimberly D. Johns, Hubert Nii-Aponsah & World Bank, Jan 2023, Publication: GovTech Maturity Index, 2022 Update - West and Central Africa Regional Brief, World Bank, Washington DC, More information
Dener, Cem, Kimberly D. Johns, Hubert Nii-Aponsah & World Bank, Jan 2023, GovTech Maturity Index, 2022 Update — East Asia and Pacific Regional Brief, World Bank, Washington DC, More information
Dener, Cem, Kimberly D. Johns, Hubert Nii-Aponsah & World Bank, Jan 2023, GovTech Maturity Index, 2022 Update — Europe and Central Asia Regional Brief, World Bank, Washington DC, More information
Rossello, Giulia, 2023, The effect of government cuts of doctoral scholarships on science, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-031 | Abstract
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz, 2023, Alternative related variety, macroeconomic factors and diversification: Extractive vs. non-extractive products, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-030 | Abstract
Hussain, Ahmed & Jo Ritzen, 2023, The virtuous loop of quality of government (QoG) and institutional trust in OECD countries, 2006-2021 and culture, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-029 | Abstract
Wu, Lichao, Lili Wang & Lan Lin, 2023, Learn to be green: FDI spillover effects on eco-innovation in China, Industrial and Corporate Change, 32(5): 1192-1216, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad047, More information
Wollburg, Philip, Yannick Valentin Markhof, Shelton Kanyanda & Alberto Zezza, 2023, Assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and barriers to uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa, Communications Medicine, 3(121), DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00330-9, More information
Collazos Ortiz, Maria & Pui-hang Wong, Aug 30, 2023, Doubly Cursed? The Effects of Resource Rents and Elections on Human Capital Investment in Colombia, 62nd European Regional Science Association Congress, Alicante, 28 Aug - 1 Sept 2023
Christopoulos, George & René Wintjes, 2023, Identifying Clusters as Local Innovation Systems, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01481-9, More information
Janz, Teresa, Britta Augsburg, Franziska Gassmann & Zina Nimeh (eds.), 2023, Leaving No One Behind: Urban Poverty Traps in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106388
Reinold, Julia, 2023, Essays on Attracting and Retaining Highly Educated Migrants, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Granja, Cintia Denise , 2023, International Student Mobility and Attitudes Towards Inequality, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
De Salvo, Paolo Carmine, 2023, Agricultural policies and agricultural performance in Latin America and the Caribbean, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Njoroge, Casty, 2023, Land Reforms: The Impact of Land Registration on Agricultural Productivity in Kenya, PhD dissertation Maastricht University
Budraitis, Mantas, Paulius Pranckevicius, Ruta Delkute, A. Notten, Nordine Es-Sadki, René Wintjes, Fabiana Visentin, Tommaso Ciarli, Davide Bonaglia, Bulat Sanditov, Yağmur Yıldız & Diego Chavarro, Jun 2023, Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science : Horizon 2020 : annexes, Publications Office of the European Union, The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon 2020. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2777/353383, More information
Budraitis, Mantas, Paulius Pranckevicius, Rute Delkute, Ad Notten, Nordine Es-Sadki, René Wintjes, Fabiana Visentin, Tommaso Ciarli, Davide Bonaglia, Bulat Sanditov, Yağmur Yıldız & Diego Chavarro, Jun 2023, Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science; Horizon 2020 : phase 1 final study report, The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon 2020. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2777/967813, More information
Tetteh, Godsway, 2023, Local digital lending development and the incidence of deprivation in Kenya, Financial Innovation, 9(1), More information
Naujokaitytė, R, Hugo Hollanders, Lili Wang & René Wintjes, Mar 2023, Evaluation study on the implementation of cross-cutting issues in Horizon 2020: Study in support of the ex-post evaluation of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, EU Study in support of the ex-post evaluation of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2777/763665, More information
Wintjes, René & Fernando Vargas, Jul 2023, Digital Innovation Hubs: Insights from European Experience in Supporting Business Digitalization, This study analyzes data from over 300 DIHs in Europe, revealing that university-affiliated DIHs offer sophisticated services, such as collaborative research and testing facilities, while industry-affiliated DIHs focus on activities closer to the market, including mentoring and ecosystem building. Three case studies show that establishing a DIH is not achieved overnight but is instead a learning and improvement process; that a DIH evolves in response to regional needs and assets; and that DIHs require reliable funding for their development, particularly public financing, in their early stages, DOI: https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004995, More information
Fellnhofer, K, R Wintjes, M Angelidou & T Bakratsas, 2023, Citizens’ Perceptions of Research and Innovation Dilemmas: Insights from a Large-Scale Survey in Four European Regions, Scientific Data, 10, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02384-9, More information
Soares Martins Neto, Antonio, Nanditha Mathew, Pierre Mohnen & Tania Treibich, 2023, Is There Job Polarization in Developing
Economies? A Review and Outlook, The World Bank Research Observer, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkad008, More information
Nigus, Halefom, Pierre Mohnen & Eleonora Nillesen, 2023, Does exposure to markets promote investment behavior? Evidence from rural Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-028 | Abstract