Latest publications
Verspagen, Bart, Apr 2017, participation in Expert Group Meeting IDR 2018, UNIDO, Vienna Austria
Cowan, Robin & Helena Barnard, Apr 2017, On the social value of a foreign PhD: Spillovers in knowledge and networks, Workshop on Academic Science in South Africa” CREST and STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa, April 2016
Cowan, Robin & Lorena Rivera Leon, Apr 2017, 3. Formation and persistence of research communities in Middle Income Countries: the case of South Africa, Workshop on Academic Science in South Africa” CREST and STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa, April 2016
Cowan, Robin, Dec 2017, Networks and Innovation: Recent developments, Keynote Address: International Conference: “What’s new in the economics of innovation? Theory, empirics and public policy”, Keynote address on the issue of recent developments in network analysis and innovation
Mairesse, Jacques & Lorena Rivera Leon, 2017, Gender Gaps and Scientific Productivity in Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Mexico, Inter-American Development Bank working Paper, More information
Wong, Pui-hang, Apr 2017, Explaining dropout from reintegration programme in Liberia, Symposium, Research School on Peace and Conflict, Oslo, 20-21 April, 2017
Wong, Pui-hang, Feb 2017, Sons of Iraq: Mosul will only recover if we heed the lessons of the US invasion, The Conversation, More information
Belderbos, René, H. DU & D. Somers, Mar 08, 2017, Global Cities as Innovation Hubs:
Connectivity and The Location of Foreign
R&D Investments by Multinational Firms, IRIMA Conference, JRC of the European Commission
Belderbos, René, N. Braito & J. Wang, Feb 09, 2017, Scientific Research and the Location of Foreign R&D Investments: Quality, Basicness, and Research versus Development, lecture at the National Institute for Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Tokyo, Japan
Belderbos, René, Bart Leten & Shinya Suzuki, 2017, Scientific Research, Firm Heterogeneity and Foreign R&D Locations of Multinational Firms, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 26(3): 691-711, DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/jems.12205, More information
Al Raee, Mueid, Jo Ritzen & Denis de Crombrugghe, 2017, Innovation policy & labour productivity growth: Education, research & development, government effectiveness and business policy, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-019 | Abstract
Merkle, Ortrun & Diego Salama, Feb 10, 2017, Operation Peace: Challenges to Peacekeeping in the 21st Century, Organizer of the Breakout session: “Operation Peace: Challenges to Peacekeeping in the 21st Century” at the Future Force Conference 2017; Organized by the Dutch Ministry of Defense;, More information
Marchand, Katrin, Apr 10, 2017, Exploring the Labour Market Outcomes of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, MACIMIDE Workshop 2017
Maastricht
Marchand, Katrin, Mar 29, 2017, Exploring the Labour Market Activities of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, Migrating out of Poverty: From Evidence to Policy
28-29 March, 2017
at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS in London
Kool, Tamara A. , 2017, Moving to Planet 50-50: a realisable goal or a myth?, WO=MEN Blog, More information
Edsand, Hans-Erik (ed.), 2017, Identifying barriers to wind energy diffusion in Colombia: A function analysis of the technological innovation system and the wider context, Technology in Society, 49: 1-15, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2017.01.002, More information
Nour, Samia S. O. M. & Nicholas Ozor, Mar 2017, Africa Capacity Report 2017: Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation, Published by ACBF, with financial support from the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Two international experts in the field of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) (Dr. Nicholas Ozor and Prof. Samia Nour) prepared the various chapters of the report. Dr. Ozor is the author of chapters 2, 4 and 6 and Prof. Nour is the author of chapters 1, 3 and 5. The report was launched on 28th of March 2017 in Dakar, Senegal, during a meeting of Ministers of Finance and Economic Planning as part of Africa Development Week, organised annually by the AUC and UNECA. The report was also launched in nine other cities in Africa and in Stockholm, Sweden, 224, More information
Lebon-McGregor, Elaine, Mar 2017, MOVEMENT: A Global Civil Society Report on Progress and
Impact on Migrants’ Rights and Development: 2nd edition: 2017
, This publication has been commissioned by the International Catholic Migration Commission Europe (ICMC Europe) with financial assistance from the European Union as part of the activities for the Migration and Development Civil Society (MADE) Network programme, 84, More information
Natorski, Michal, 2017, The EU and crisis in Ukraine: policy continuity in times of disorder?, in: Dimitirs Bouris and Tobias Schumacher, The Revised European Neighbourhood Policy. Continuity and Change in EU Foreign Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
Natorski, Michal, 2017, Power relations in practice of the EU inter-organizational relations in the neighbourhood, in: Sieglinde Gstöhl and Simon Schunz, Theorizing the European Neighbourhood Policy, Routledge, London and New York
Szirmai, Adam, Mar 2017, How to Escape Middle Income Traps, Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), Webinar
Szirmai, Adam, Mar 2017, Evaluating innovation policies, Lecture for International Seminar on Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies, Pune, India 20-24 March 2017
Szirmai, Adam, Mar 2017, Education and the innovation system, International Workshop Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy, Pune, India, 20-24 March
Cathles, Alison & Adam Szirmai, Apr 01, 2017, 'Breaking Apart Human Capital: The Role of Vocational Education in Economic Growth', Conference of Midwest Economic Association, Cincinnati, 31 March -2 April, 2017
Gault, Fred, Feb 02, 2017, Measuring Innovation, Structural Change and Inclusion, IDS-SPRU Workshop, Innovation pathways to inclusive structural change. February 2, 2017, London
Gault, Fred, Feb 13, 2017, Why broaden the definition of innovation?, Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Euro Area, Session 2: Advances in Measurement of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Policy Implications and Potential for Progress. March 13-14, 2017, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, More information
Natorski, Michal & Karolina Pomorska, 2017, Trust and decision-making in times of crisis: the EU’s response to the events in Ukraine, Journal of Common Market Studies, 55(1): 54-70, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12445, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & Pierre Mohnen, 2017, Management standard certification and firm productivity: micro-evidence from Africa, Journal of African Development, 19(1): 61-83
Mohnen, Pierre, A. Vankan & Bart Verspagen, 2017, Evaluating the innovation box tax policy instrument in the Netherlands, 2007-13, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 33(1): 141-156, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grw038, More information
Calza, Elisa, Micheline Goedhuys & Neda Trifković, 2017, Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs. The role of management standards and innovation
, UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2017/68, More information
Tirivayi, Nyasha, Omar Rodriguez, Qiang Ma & Thais Juvenal, Mar 2017, Social Protection for Forest Dependent Communities, This policy brief was developed
as a collaboration between FAO and UNU-MERIT, More information
Dietrich, Stephan, 2017, Coping with Shocks: Impact of Insurance Payouts on Small-Scale Farmers, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 42(2): 348-369, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-016-0035-y
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Challenged by migration: Europe's options, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-018 | Abstract
Qu, Zhaopeng & Zhong Zhao, 2017, Glass ceiling effect in urban China: Wage inequality of rural-urban migrants during 2002–2007, China Economic Review, 42: 118-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2016.12.002, More information
Cervellati, Matteo, Uwe Sunde & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Demographic dynamics and long-run development: insights for the secular stagnation debate, Journal of Population Economics, 30(2): 401-432, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-016-0626-8, More information
Wako, Hassen, Mar 24, 2017, Aid, Institutions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous Donors and Heterogeneous Responses, ‘THE WORLD AND AFRICA’ IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CHINA, THE WEST, AND ECONOMIC INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA. A Conference in the Critical Tradition of W.E.B. Du Bois, More information
Leopold, Nga, Wim Groot, Sonila Tomini & Florian Tomini, 2017, Effects of health insurance on labour supply: A systematic review, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-017 | Abstract
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Lessons from Voices: Empirical Findings on Domestic Violence and Legal Empowerment, M-EPLI blog, the Maastricht European Private Law Institute, More information
Adedokun, Ayokunu, 2017, Post-conflict peacebuilding: A critical survey of the literature and avenues for future research, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-016 | Abstract
Adedokun, Ayokunu, 2017, Emerging challenges to long-term peace and security in Mozambique, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-015 | Abstract
Adedokun, Ayokunu, 2017, Transition from civil war to peace: The role of the United Nations and international community in Mozambique, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-014 | Abstract
Naudé, Wim, Melissa Siegel & Katrin Marchand, 2017, Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions, IZA Journal of Migration, 6(5), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40176-016-0077-8, More information
Foster-McGregor, Neil & Bart Verspagen, 2017, Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Growth in Manufacturing and Services, Asian Development Review, 34(1): 88-115, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/ADEV_a_00082, More information
Piva, Mariacristina & Marco Vivarelli, 2017, Is innovation destroying jobs? Firm-level evidence from the EU, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-013 | Abstract
Ragab, Nora Jasmin, Laura Rahmeier & Melissa Siegel, Jan 2017, Mapping the Syrian diaspora in Germany - Contributions to peace, reconstruction and potentials for collaboration with German Development Cooperation, commissioned by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), More information
Wiebe, Kirsten, Feb 2017, Raising the international poverty line - a comparison of necessary adjustments of final demand spending in OECd and non-OECD countries, in: Alsamawi, A., McBain, D., Murray, J., Lenzen, M., Wiebe, K.S, The Social Footprints of Global Trade, Springer, International Publishing AG, More information
Keijser, Charlotte & Michiko Iizuka, 2017, Pathways for capacity building in heterogeneous value chains: Evidence from the case of IT-enabled services in South Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-012 | Abstract
Broich, Tobias, 2017, Do authoritarian regimes receive more Chinese development finance than democratic ones? Empirical evidence for Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-011 | Abstract
Broich, Tobias, 2017, U.S. and Soviet foreign aid during the Cold War: A case study of Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-010 | Abstract