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    Campos, Nauro, 2016, The Future of European Growth Policies: Resetting Integration, Intereconomics, 51(6): 348-352, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-016-0633-8, More information

    Kahanec, Martin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Aug 2016, EU Post-Enlargement Migration and the Great Recession: Lessons and Policy Implications, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information

    Zaiceva, Angelica & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Aug 2016, Returning Home at Times of Trouble? Return Migration of EU Enlargement Migrants During the Crisis, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information

    Elsner, Benjamin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Aug 2016, Migration 10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information

    Kahanec, Martin, Mariola Pytliková & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Aug 2016, The Free Movements of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Free Preview © 2016 Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information

    Zimmermann, Klaus F. & Angelica Zaiceva, Nov 2016, Migration and Demographic Shift, in: John Piggot, Alan Woodland (eds), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Vol. 1A, North Holland, Amsterdam, More information

    Mbaye, Linguère & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Natural Disasters and Human Mobility, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 10(1): 37-56, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000082, More information

    Hinte, Holger , Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Punkte machen?! Warum Deutschland ein aktives Auswahlsystem für ausländische Fachkräfte braucht und wie ein solches System aussehen kann, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 17(1): 68-87, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2016-0005, More information

    Taborda Martinez, Jennifer, Jun 16, 2016, DYNAMICS OF PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION AND VALUE CHAIN UPGRADING, 9th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), 16-17 June 2016 in Moscow, Russia

    Taborda Martinez, Jennifer, Jul 06, 2016, Micro dynamics of product diversification and value chain upgrading, 16th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) Conference, 6 – 8 July 2016 in Montreal, Canada

    Wako, Hassen, Sep 15, 2016, Foreign direct investment, institutions, economic growth and industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa, VIENNA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: QUALITY FDI, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 14-15 September 2016, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, More information

    Hölterhof, Tobias & Martin Rehm, 2016, Learning in Online social Networks: Exploring Structural and Emotional Aspects of Social Presence and as a Sense of Community, AERA 2016

    Rehm, Martin, 2016, Social Media: Social Opportunity Spaces for Informal Learning among Teachers?, AERA 2016

    Hayit, Darya, Tobias Hölterhof, Martin Rehm, Oscar Carl & Michael Kerres, 2016, Visualizing online (social) learning processes - Designing a Dashboard to support reflection, 6th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning

    Hollanders, Hugo, Nordine Es-Sadki & Minna Kanerva, 2016, European Innovation Scoreboard 2016, Commissioned by the European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, More information

    Hollanders, Hugo, Nordine Es-Sadki & Minna Kanerva, 2016, Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2016, Commissioned by the European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, More information

    Hollanders, Hugo, R Wintjes, Geoffrey Pugh, Jon Fairburn & Dragana Radicic, 2016, The impact of innovation support programmes on SME innovation in traditional manufacturing industries: an evaluation for seven EU regions, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 34(8): 1425-1452, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15621759

    Aga, D.A., N. Noorderhaven & Bertha Vallejo, 2016, Transformational leadership and project success: The mediating role of team-building, International Journal of Project Management, 34(5): 806-818, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.02.012, More information

    Vallejo, Bertha & Ute Wehn, 2016, Capacity Development Evaluation: The Challenge of the Results Agenda and Measuring Return on Investment in the Global South, World Development, 79: 1-13, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.044, More information

    Foster-McGregor, Neil & Johannes Poeschl, 2016, Productivity Effects of Knowledge Transfers through Labour Mobility, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 46(2), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-016-0478-y

    Foster-McGregor, Neil, Johannes Poeschl & Robert Stehrer, 2016, International R&D Spillovers and Business Service Innovation, The World Economy, 39(12): 2025-2045, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12379

    Foster-McGregor, Neil, Johannes Poeschl & Robert Stehrer, 2016, Offshoring and the Elasticity of Labour Demand, Open Economies Review, 27(3): 515-540, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-015-9384-6

    International Labour Organization, ILO , 2016, Promoting informed policy dialogue on migration, remittance and development in Nepal, Kathmandu, ISBN: 9789221308034; 9789221308041, More information

    Tirivayi, Nyasha, Wondimagegn Tesfaye, Sonila Tomini, Cristy Mclennan, David Rinnert & Mira Gratier, Oct 2016, Emergency Cash-First Response to Drought-Affected Communities in the Southern Provinces of Zimbabwe – Impact Evaluation Findings , Brief is based on the evaluation report titled Humanitarian Assistance through Mobile Cash Transfers: Evaluation of the Emergency Cash-First Response to food security in drought-affected communities in Southern Zimbabwe through a mobile cash transfer project, More information

    Tirivayi, Nyasha, Prosper Matondi, Sonila Tomini, Wondimagegn Tesfaye, Sheila Chikulo & Claudia van den Berg Morelli, Jul 2016, Humanitarian Assistance through Mobile Cash Transfers: Evaluation of the Emergency Cash-First Response to food security in drought-affected communities in Southern Zimbabwe through a mobile cash transfer project, Commissioned by CARE International and DFID in Zimbabwe, More information

    Naudé, Wim, 2016, Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?, CESIfo DICE Report 3/2016: pp. 3-7

    Foster-McGregor, Neil & Bart Verspagen, 2016, The Role of Structural Change in the Economic Development of Asian Economies, Asian Development Review, 33: 74-93, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/ADEV_a_00073, More information

    Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2016, River deep, mountain high: of long run knowledge trajectories within and between innovation clusters, Journal of Economic Geography, 16(6): 1259-1278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw035, More information

    Wintjes, René, Nov 2016, Systems and Modes of ICT Innovation, This report focuses on modes of ICT innovation at the meso level of systems and the micro level of firms. After a summary of the literature on national innovation systems, and it’s sectoral and regional applications, we discuss how the concept of innovation systems can be applied to the case of ICT innovation. A framework for indicators is proposed to characterize the performance of ICT innovation systems. Due to the multi-purpose and pervasive nature of ICT, it is relevant to extend the innovation systems concept to the societal level. The resource-based view of the innovative firm fits very well with the innovation systems perspective. Patterns in the firm-level sets (combinations, or mix) of resources and capabilities can be identified with factor-analysis and they give rise to the main types or modes of innovative behaviour. Monitoring ICT innovation systems is important as it allows us to learn how to improve the policy and performance of current and future systems. It allows us to design and improve an ICT innovation policy mix, which is tailored to the specific ICT modes of innovation, and also tailored to the prioritized mix of challenges (e.g. economic, social, environmental, health, or other impacts). Since ICT innovations emerge and diffuse fast, timing in institutional change is crucial. Setting new standards, and updating regulations can create a competitive edge. ICT innovation policy has become (and should be addressed as) a horizontal policy field which maintains systemic linkages with other policy fields. At both the system and firm level, there are several modes of ICT innovation. Policy makers should not reduce diversity by favouring only one mode. As an extension to Lundvalls’ theory on interactive learning between producers and users of knowledge, we add that policy for ICT innovation should be produced in interaction with its users, 71, More information

    Ong, Cheng Boon & Loveleen De, Dec 2016, India: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in: Isabel Ortiz, Valérie Schmitt, Loveleen De (eds), Social Protection Floors. Volume 2: Innovations to extend coverage, International Labour Organization, Geneva, More information

    McGrath, Cecile, Julie Hofman, Lubica Bajzikova, Emma Harte, Anna Lasakova, Paulina Pankowska, Simone Sasso, Julie Bélanger, Silvia Florea & Jelena Krivograd, 2016, Governance and Adaptation to Innovative Modes of Higher Education Provision, Research report. Santa Monica, California: RAND Europe, More information

    Sasso, Simone & Jo Ritzen, 2016, Sectoral Cognitive Skills, R&D, and Productivity: A Cross-Country Cross-Sector Analysis, IZA Discussion Paper 10457, More information

    Charmes, Jacques, Fred Gault & Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, 2016, Measuring Innovation in the Informal Economy - Formulating an Agenda, in: Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (eds.), The Informal Economy in Developing Nations – Hidden Engine of Innovation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Gault, Fred, 2016, User Innovation and Official Statistics, in: Dietmar Harhoff and Karim R. Lakhani (eds), Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities and Open Innovation, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA

    Ramani, Shyama V. , Dutta Arijita & Hajra Gitanjali, 2016, On incidence of diarrhoea among children in India: Can the Gordian knot of complementarities be cut?, Economic and Political Weekly, 51(22): 121-129, More information

    Rivera Leon, Lorena, Jacques Mairesse & Robin Cowan, 2016, An econometric investigation of the productivity gender gap in Mexican research, and a simulation study of the effects on scientific performance of policy scenarios to promote gender equality, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-072 | Abstract

    Tacsir, Ezequiel & Mariano Pereira, Dec 2016, Generación de empleo e innovación en Argentina. Un abordaje microeconométrico para el período 2010-2012, Este trabajo analiza la relación entre la innovación y el empleo a nivel de firma. En particular, contribuye a generar evidencia sobre los efectos de la introducción de innovaciones (de producto o proceso) en el empleo y en su composición en términos de calificaciones. A estos fines, se utiliza el modelo originalmente propuesto por Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse y Peters (2014) con un enfoque de variables instrumentales sobre datos para la industria manufacturera argentina en el período 2010-12.La evidencia sobre el vínculo entre innovación y empleo en economías desarrolladas muestra que los efectos dependen fundamentalmente del tipo de innovación (Harrison et al.,2014). En muchos casos, la introducción de nuevos procesos tiende a reducir el empleo. En cambio, la inclusión de nuevos productos puede generar reemplazos o aumentos en el empleo, que dependen del efecto neto entre los mecanismos de desplazamiento y compensación. La evidencia disponible para Argentina es muy escasa (De Elejalde, Giuliodori y Stucchi,2011)y se basa en el período 1998-2001. Específicamente en dicho estudio, a pesar de que se observa una destrucción neta del empleo a nivel agregado, se evidencia el efecto amortiguador de las innovaciones de producto pero no se constatan grandes cambios en la especialización de la mano de obra debido a la innovación. Estos efectos eran mayores en aquellas empresas que desarrollaban esfuerzos propios de investigación y desarrollo (I+D) y no solo adquirían conocimiento incorporado. Si bien esta evidencia permitió generar datos comparables con tros países de la región (Crespi y Tacsir, 2013; Crespi y Zuñiga, 2012) requiere ser evaluada a la luz de la nueva información disponible. Los resultados de este estudio muestran que si bien las innovaciones de proceso no tienen efecto en el crecimiento del empleo, las de producto tienen un efecto positivo en el empleo. Adicionalmente, las innovaciones de producto también generan un aumento en los niveles de eficiencia en la producción superior a la de los productos existentes. Por su parte, en lo que se refiere a composición del empleo en términos de calificación no se observa un sesgo específico., More information

    Mahé, Clotilde , 2016, Skills and entrepreneurship: Are return migrants 'Jacks-of-all-trades'?, An updated version of this paper has been published as <a href="https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=7342">#2017-039</a> Occupational choice of return migrants: Is there a 'Jack-of-all-trades' effect?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-071 | Abstract

    van Houte, Marieke, Melissa Siegel & Tine Davids, 2016, Deconstructing the meanings of and motivations for return: an Afghan case study, Comparative Migration Studies, 4: 21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-016-0042-y, More information

    Vallizadeh, Ehsan, Joan Muysken & Thomas Ziesemer, 2016, Offshoring medium-skill tasks, low-skill unemployment and the skill-wage structure, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-070 | Abstract

    Qu, Zhaopeng & Zhong Zhao, 2016, Glass ceiling effect in urban China: Wage inequality of rural-urban migrants during 2002-2007, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-069 | Abstract

    Atamanov, Aziz, C. Wieser, H. Uematsu, N. Yoshida, M. C. Nguyen, J. P. Azevedo & R. Dewina, 2016, Robustness of shared prosperity estimates : how different methodological choices matter, Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7611. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, More information

    Atamanov, Aziz, Mohammad-Hadi Mostafavi, Djavad Salehi Isfahani & Tara Vishwanath, 2016, Constructing robust poverty trends in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2008-14, Policy Research Working Paper Series 7836, The World Bank, More information

    Laar, Mindel van de , Shivani Achrekar, Lucy L. Larbi & Friederike Rühmann, 2016, Capacity building using PhD education in Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-068 | Abstract

    Meijers, Huub & Joan Muysken, 2016, The impact of quantitative easing in the Netherlands: A stock-flow consistent approach, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-067 | Abstract

    Lada, Farida, 2016, On guarding the welfare of clinical trial subjects while promoting novel drug innovation: A Game Theoretical Approach, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information

    Kuschminder, Katherine, 2016, Strong ties, weak ties: Exploring the role of networks in domestic worker migration from Ethiopia to the Middle East, Asian Pacific and Migration Journal, 25(4): 401-421, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196816673641, More information

    Kahanec, Martin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Post-Enlargement Migration and the Great Recession in the E(M)U: Lessons and policy implications, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-066 | Abstract

    Awel, Yesuf, 2016, Insurance for Growth: Empirical Essays on Insurance Demand and Impacts in Africa, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University

    Mekonnen Melesse, Tigist, 2016, Grow More Food Using Fewer Resources: Agricultural Technology Adoption and Innovation Practices for Inclusive and Sustainable Development, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University

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