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Laar, Mindel van de , Katerina Triantos & Lutz Krebs, 2021, Supporting academic advising through self-directed, blended learning, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-021 | Abstract
Iacoella, Francesco, Bruno Martorano, Laura Metzger & Marco Sanfilippo, 2021, Chinese official finance and political participation in Africa, European Economic Review, 136, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103741, More information
Ciarli, Tommaso, Maria Savona & Jodie Thorpe, 2021, Innovation for Inclusive Structural Change, in: Jeong-Dong Lee, Keun Lee, Dirk Meissner, Slavo Radosevic, and Nicholas S. Vonortas (eds), Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-Up in Emerging Economies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192896049.003.0012, More information
Ramani, Shyama V. , 2021, How should policymakers tackle ‘wicked’ problems? From designing solutions to building legitimacy, UNU-MERIT Policy Brief(1)
Rousselière, Samira, Shyama V. Ramani & Damien Rousselière, 2021, The organizational choice of technology transfer mode: Theory and application to the genetically modified plant industry, Managerial and Decision Economics, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3320, More information
Lorentz, André, Tommaso Ciarli, Maria Savona & Marco Valente, 2021, Structural Transformations and Cumulative Causation Towards an Evolutionary Micro-foundation of the Kaldorian Growth Model, in: Uwe Cantner, Marco Guerzoni, Simone Vannuccini (eds), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Industrial Dynamics and Evolutionary Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, More information
Ciarli, Tommaso & Karolina Safarzynska, 2021, Sustainability and Industrial Change: The Hindering Role of Complexity, in: Uwe Cantner, Marco Guerzoni, Simone Vannuccini (eds), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Industrial Dynamics and Evolutionary Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, More information
Zinyemba, Tatenda, Wim Groot & Milena Pavlova, 2021, Effects of HIV on gender gaps in school attendance of children in Zimbabwe: a non-linear multivariate decomposition analysis, Education Economics: 1-19, More information
Siruno, Lalaine, 2021, ‘We are Filipinos, we do bayanihan, we help each other’: undocumented migrants in the Netherlands during COVID, London School of Economics - COVID-19 Blog, More information
Falkingham, Jane, Corrado Giulietti, Jackline Wahba & Chuhong Wang, 2021, The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions, The Manchester School, 89(2): 139-171, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12356
Vernon, Victoria & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2021, Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics, in: Kourtit K., Newbold B., Nijkamp P., Partridge M, The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration. Footprints of Regional Science, Springer, Cham, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48291-6_3, More information
Pineli, André, Rajneesh Narula & René Belderbos, 2021, FDI, multinationals and structural change in developing countries, in: Alcorta, L.,Szirmai, A., Verpagen, B. And Foster-McGregor, N. (eds), New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press, UK, More information
Belderbos, René, F. Benoit, S. Edet, G. Ho Lee & M. Riccaboni, 2021, Global Cities' Cross-Border Innovation Networks, in: Davide Castellani, Alessandra Perri, Antonello Zanfei, and Vittoria G. Scalera (eds), Cross-border Innovation in a Changing World, Oxford University Press, UK
Belderbos, René, Jinhyuck (Joseph) Park & M. Carree, 2021, Do R&D investments in weak IPR countries destroy market value? The role of internal linkages, Strategic Management Journal, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3268, More information
Belderbos, René, Vincent Van Roy & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2021, Does trade participation limit domestic firms’ productivity gains from inward foreign direct investment?, Eurasian Business Review, 11(1): 83-109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-020-00175-5, More information
Belderbos, René, Marcelina Grabowska, Stijn Kelchtermans, Bart Leten, Jojo Jacob & M. Riccaboni, 2021, Whither Geographic Proximity? Bypassing Local R&D Units in Foreign University Collaboration, Journal of International Business Studies, 52(3): 1-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-021-00413-6, More information
Spinola, Danilo, 2021, The La Marca model revisited: Structuralist goodwin cycles with evolutionary supply side and balance of payments constraints, Metroeconomica, 72(1): 189-212, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.12316, More information
Abdallah, Gorah K., Enno Masurel, Wim Naudé & Emiel L. Eijdenberg, 2021, Unboxing Entrepreneurial Motivations in Tanzania, Journal of African Business, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2020.1785236, More information
Natorski, Michal, Apr 06, 2021, COVID-19 crisis and the governance of complex emergencies: how resilient are the International Organizations?, International Studies Association 61st Annual Convention, 6-9 April 2021, Virtually in Las Vegas
Voltolioni, Benedetta, Michal Natorski & Colin Hay (eds.), 2021, Crisis and Politicisation. The Framing and Re-framing of Europe’s Permanent Crisis, Routledge, Oxon, More information
Wirkierman, Ariel L., Tommaso Ciarli & Maria Savona, 2021, A taxonomy of European innovation clubs, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-020 | Abstract
Volante, Louis, Don A. Klinger, Livianna Tossutti & Melissa Siegel, 2021, Student achievement depends on reducing poverty now and after COVID-19, The Conversation, April 19, More information
Haar, Roberta & Lutz Krebs, 2021, The Failure of Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs in the Trump Administration, Politics & Policy, 49(2): 446-478, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12399, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2021, The effects of R&D subsidies and publicly performed R&D on business R&D: A survey, Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, 236(1): 171-205
Ziesemer, Thomas & Anne K.U. von Gässler, 2021, Ageing, Human Capital and Demographic Dividends with Endogenous Growth, Labor Supply and Foreign Capital, Portuguese Economic Journal, 20: 129-160
Verspagen, Bart, Neil Foster-McGregor & Önder Nomaler, Mar 2021, The Greater Mekong Subregion 2030 and Beyond: Integration, Upgrading, Cities and Connectivity, While the six member countries have made impressive gains in recent decades, much remains to be done to close the gap with the world’s most advanced economies. The GMS needs to further integrate into the global economy, significantly upgrade production and exports, enable cities to be engines of growth, and improve the quality of road infrastructure and connectivity
Szirmai, Adam & Neil Foster-McGregor, Apr 2021, Introduction, in: New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Owusu, Solomon, Adam Szirmai & Neil Foster-McGregor, Apr 2021, The Rise of the Service Sector in the Global Economy, in: New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Landesmann, Michael & Neil Foster-McGregor, Apr 2021, Trade Based Structural Change and the Role of Declining Trade Barriers, in: New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Foster-McGregor, Neil & Emanuele Russo, 2021, Characterizing Growth Instability: New Evidence on Unit Roots and Structural Breaks in Long Run Time Series, Journal of Evolutionary Economics
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Bart Verspagen & Önder Nomaler, 2021, Job Automation Risk, Economic Structure and Trade: A European Perspective, Research Policy
Verspagen, Bart, Neil Foster-McGregor, Ludovico Alcorta & Adam Szirmai (eds.), Mar 2021, New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, More information
Mohnen, Pierre, Michael Polder & G. van Leeuwen, 2021, ICT, R&D, and Organizational Innovation: Exploring Complementarities in Investment and Production, in: Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Javier Miranda and Daniel Sichel (eds.), Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the 21st Century, NBER Series on Income and Wealth, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Grazzi, Marco, Nanditha Mathew & Daniele Moschella, 2021, Making one’s own way: jumping ahead in the capability space and exporting among Indian firms, Journal of Evolutionary Economics
La, Hanh & Rudi Bekkers, 2021, Science and technology relatedness: the case of DNA nanoscience & DNA nanotechnology, in: Pyka, Andreas and Keun Lee (eds.), Innovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development, Economic Complexity and Evolution, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
Tesfaye, Wondimagegn, Garrick Blalock & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2021, Climate-Smart Innovations and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: Exploring Impacts and Pathways, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3): 878-899, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12161, More information
Varlamova, Maria & Oxana Sinyavskaya, 2021, Active Ageing Index in Russia-Identifying Determinants for Inequality, Journal of Population Ageing, 14: 69-90, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-020-09277-4, More information
Tsakiridis, Andreas, Michael Wallace, James Breen, Cathal O'Donoghue & Kevin Hanrahan, 2021, Beef quality assurance schemes: Can they improve farm economic performance?, Agribusiness, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21689, More information
Duffy, Colm, Cathal O'Donoghue, Mary Ryan, David Styles & Charles Spillane, 2021, Afforestation: Replacing livestock emissions with carbon sequestration, Journal of Environmental Management, 264: 110523, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110523, More information
Mazeikaite, Gintare, Cathal O'Donoghue & Denisa Maria Sologon, 2021, What Drives Cross-Country Health Inequality in the EU? Unpacking the Role of Socio-economic Factors, Social Indicators Research, 155: 117-155, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02587-2, More information
Hagedoorn, John, 2021, The nascent ecology of social enterprise, Small Business Economics, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00442-9, More information
Brown, Alessio J. G., Britta Kohlbrecher, Christian Merkl & Dennis J. Snower, 2021, The effects of productivity and benefits on unemployment: Breaking the link, Economic Modelling, 94(January 2021): 967-980, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.02.037, More information
Pilipiec, Patrick, Wim Groot & Milena Pavlova, 2021, The causal influence of increasing the statutory retirement age on job satisfaction among older workers in the Netherlands, Applied Economics, 53(13): 1498-1527, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1827136, More information
Torres Mazzi, Caio, Neil Foster-McGregor & Glaucia Estefânia de Sousa Ferreirab, 2021, Production fragmentation and upgrading opportunities for exporters: An empirical assessment of the case of Brazil, World Development, 138: 105151, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105151, More information
Hausmann, Ricardo, Carlo Pietrobelli & Miguel Angel Santosc, 2021, Place-specific determinants of income gaps: New sub-national evidence from Mexico, Journal of Business Research, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.003, More information
Torres Mazzi, Caio & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2021, Imported intermediates, technological capabilities and exports: Evidence from Brazilian firm-level data, Research Policy, 50(1): 104141, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.104141, More information
D’Inverno, Giovanna, Mike Smet & Kristof De Witte, 2021, Impact evaluation in a multi-input multi-output setting: Evidence on the effect of additional resources for schools, European Journal of Operational Research, 290(3): 1111-1124, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.042, More information
Titl, Vitezslav & Kristof De Witte, 2021, How politics influence public good provision, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.101000, More information
Rodriguez, Omar, 2021, How different are necessity and opportunity firms? Evidence from a quantile analysis of the Colombian microenterprise sector, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-019 | Abstract
Rodriguez, Omar, 2021, Does entrepreneurship increase the chances of the poor?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-018 | Abstract