Latest publications
Gassmann, Franziska, Jul 2017, Contrary to expectations: The well-being of children and elderly left behind by migrant family members, 9th Joint IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe, Tutzing, 10-12 July, 2017
Gassmann, Franziska, Oct 2017, The Importance of Social Protection for Children, UNICEF Sub-Regional Conference on Social Protection for Children, Sarajevo
Gassmann, Franziska & S.W. Handayani, 2017, Closing the Gap: Potential
Contribution of Social Assistance
for Achieving Sustainable
Development Goals, This brief discusses the fiscal requirements to meet the social protection-related targets of SDGs, particularly for social assistance programs in ADB’s 16 developing member countries in Asia, More information
Gassmann, Franziska, Michaella Vanore, T Pham Minh, T Tran Nhu & Eszter Timar, 2017, Assessment of and policy dialogue on targeting approaches and mechanisms (inclusion and exclusion errors) in existing social assistance schemes, Report commissioned by UNICEF Vietnam
Vanore, Michaella, Franziska Gassmann, T Tran Nhu, T Pham Minh, Nga Leopold & Eszter Timar, 2017, Study on Improving the Effectiveness and Coverage of Social Assistance for Children with Focus on Consolidation Policy (Family/Child Benefit Package), Report commissioned by UNICEF Vietnam
Gassmann, Franziska & Eszter Timar, 2017, Scoping Study on Social Protection and Food Security: Regional Synthesis Report, Report commissioned by WFP Cairo
Gassmann, Franziska & Eszter Timar, 2017, Scoping Study on Social Protection and Food Security: Country Report Kyrgyz Republic, Report commissioned by WFP Cairo
Gassmann, Franziska, Hanna Röth & Eszter Timar, 2017, Scoping Study on Social Protection and Safety Nets for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Central Asia Region: Country Report Tajikistan, Report commissioned by WFP Cairo
Gassmann, Franziska, S Karapetyan, H Manasyan, Hanna Röth, Eszter Timar & A Udumyan, 2017, Scoping Study on Social Protection and Safety Nets for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Central Asia Region: Country Report Armenia, Report commissioned by WFP Cairo
Dietrich, S., Aline Meysonnat, Victor Cebotari, Julia Reinold, Franziska Gassmann, Inez Roosen & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2017, Key Drivers of the Changing Prevalence of Child Marriage in South Asia, Report commissioned by UNICEF/UNFPA South Asia
Biancarelli, Andre M. & Flavia Filippin, 2017, O Estado e seu papel industrializante: uma contribuição ao debate sobre o desenvolvimentismo, Cadernos do Desenvolvimento, 12(21): 155-186, More information
Falvey, Rod & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2017, Heterogeneous Effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties, Review of World Economics, 153(4): 631-656, DOI: https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s10290-017-0287-z, More information
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Johannes Poeschl & Robert Stehrer, 2017, The Importance of Absorptive Capacities: Productivity Effects of International R&D Spillovers through Intermediate Inputs, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 26(8): 719-733, DOI: https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2016.1257445, More information
Pereira, Mariano & Ezequiel Tacsir, Nov 2017, Generación de empleo e innovación en la Argentina: un abordaje micro-econométrico para el período 2010-2012, in: La Encuesta Nacional de Dinámica
de Empleo e Innovación (ENDEI)
como herramienta de análisis. La innovación y el empleo en la industria manufacturera argentina.
, CEPAL/ECLAC, Santiago, More information
Godlewski, C.J. & Bulat Sanditov, 2017, Financial Institutions Network and the Certification Value of Bank Loans, Financial Management, More information
Loschmann, Craig, Katherine Kuschminder & Melissa Siegel, Dec 2017, The Root Causes of Movement: Exploring the Determinants of Irregular Migration from Afghanistan, in: Marie McAuliffe and Khalid Koser, A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making, ANU Press, Canberra, More information
Koser, Khalid & Katherine Kuschminder, Dec 2017, Assisted voluntary return and reintegration of migrants: A comparative approach, in: Marie McAuliffe and Khalid Koser, A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making, ANU Press, Canberra, More information
Kuschminder, Katherine, 2017, Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Decision Making in Turkey and Greece, Journal of Refugee Studies, More information
Bierbaum, Mira, Cäcilie Schildberg & Michael Cichon, Dec 2017, Social Protection Floor Index 2017: Update and Country Studies, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, More information
Ragab, Nora Jasmin & Amer Katbeh, Nov 2017, Syrian Diaspora Groups in Europe - Mapping their engagement in Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, commissioned by Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC) Diaspora programme as part of a project with the Durable Solutions Platform (DSP) joint initiative of DRC, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), More information
Naudé, Wim & Paula Nagler, 2017, Technologische Innovationen und Inklusives Wachstum in Deutschland, Policy Brief 2017/08, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Naudé, Wim & Paula Nagler, 2017, Technological Innovation and Inclusive Growth in Germany, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany, Inclusive Growth Working Paper no. 18
Waheed, Abdul, 2017, The Employment Effect of Innovation: Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan, The Pakistan Development Review, 56(2)
Waheed, Abdul, 2017, Innovation and Firm-Level Productivity: Evidence from Bangladesh, The Developing Economies, 55(4): 290-314
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2017, Testing the growth links of emerging economies: Croatia in a growing world economy, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-051 | Abstract
Iizuka, Michiko & Joanna Chataway, Oct 11, 2017, Special Session1.3: A discussion about framework for promoting innovation, mutual learning and collaboration among donor agencies, 15th Globelics International Conference, Innovation and Capacity Building in the Context of Financialisation and Uneven Development of the Global Economy: New Roles for the State, Productive Sector and Social Actors
Iizuka, Michiko & Hugo Hollanders, Oct 12, 2017, Innovation Indicators: Towards a user's guide for developing countries, 15th Globelics International conference: Innovation and Capacity Building in the Context of Financialisation and Uneven Development of the Global Economy: New Roles for the State, Productive Sector and Social Actors
Haile, Getinet, Ilina Srour & Marco Vivarelli, 2017, Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia, Eurasian Business Review, 7(1): 1-23, More information
Colombo, Luca, Herbert Dawid, Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli, 2017, Does easy start-up formation hamper incumbents’ R&D investment?, Small Business Economics, 49(3): 513-531, More information
Zheng, Liang & Zhong Zhao, 2017, What drives spatial clusters of entrepreneurship in China? : Evidence from economic census data, China Economic Review, 46: 229-248, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.014
Biavaschi, Costanza, Corrado Giulietti & Zahra Siddique, 2017, The Economic Payoff of Name Americanization, Journal of Labor Economics, 35(4): 1089-1116, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/692531, More information
Constant, Amelie, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman & Tzahi Neuman, 2017, A “healthy immigrant effect” or a “sick immigrant effect”? : Selection and policies matter, The European Journal of Health Economics: 1-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-017-0870-1, More information
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Le défi des migrations: quelles options pour L'Europe?, Revue d'économie financière, 125(1): 195-208, More information
Leopold, Nga, Wim Groot, Sonila Tomini & Florian Tomini, 2017, Effects of health insurance on labour supply: Evidence from the health care fund for the poor in Viet Nam, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-050 | Abstract
Safarnejad, Ali & J.A. Izazola-Licea, 2017, Direct and indirect effects of enablers on HIV testing, initiation and retention in antiretroviral treatment and AIDS related mortality, PLoS ONE, 12(2): 1-15, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172569, More information
Safarnejad, Ali, T.N. Nga & V.H. Son, 2017, Population Size Estimation of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ho Chi Minh City and Nghe : An Using Social App Multiplier Method, Journal of Urban Health, 94(3): 339-349, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-016-0123-0, More information
Safarnejad, Ali, Milena Pavlova, V.H. Son, H.L. Phuong & Wim Groot, 2017, Criteria for prioritization of HIV programs in Viet Nam: a discrete choice experiment, BMC Health Services Research, 17(719), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2679-0, More information
Mahé, Clotilde , 2017, Does publicly provided health care affect migration? Evidence from Mexico, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-049 | Abstract
Siegel, Melissa, Elaine Lebon-McGregor & Sarah Langley, 2017, Guidelines on mainstreaming migration into local development planning, Commissioned by the UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative, 1-112, More information
Keijser, Charlotte & Michiko Iizuka, 2017, Looking Beyond Global Value Chains in Capacity Development: The Case of the IT-Enabled Service (ITES) Sector in South Africa, The European Journal of Development Research, DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1057/s41287-017-0110-7
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, El Empoderamiento Legal, Revista Juntas Somos Más(14): 10-11, More information
Nagler, Paula, 2017, A profile of non-farm household enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-048 | Abstract
Mideros Mora, Andres, 2017, Essays on the Economic Effects of Non-contributory Social Protection, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Silva, Patricia, 2017, Redressing the Gender Gap: Conditional cash transfers and women's experiences of empowerment in Brazil and Mexico, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Edsand, Hans-Erik, 2017, Winds of Change: Expanding Renewable Energies in Developing Countries Towards a better understanding of the determinants of technological transitions, PhD Dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Muzyamba, Choolwe, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova & Sonila Tomini, 2017, The usefulness of traditional birth attendants to women living with HIV in resource-poor settings: the case of Mfuwe, Zambia, BMC Tropical Medicine and Health, 45(37), More information
Hoogenboom, Alexander & Julia Reinold, Nov 2017, Cross-border (Im)mobility of Students from Third Countries in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Dossier 4), Maastricht: Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM), More information
Nour, Samia S. O. M., Oct 2017, Africa Bridging the digital divide, The Nordic Africa Institute Policy Notes Series No 2017/4; NAI, Uppsala, Sweden, More information
Broich, Tobias, 2017, New Actors in the Global Economy: The Case of Chinese Development Finance in Africa, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Aboal, Diego & Ezequiel Tacsir, 2017, Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing: the role of ICT, Industrial and Corporate Change, dtx030, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx030, More information