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Kuschminder, Katherine & Melissa Siegel, 2016, Rejected Afghan asylum seekers in the Netherlands: Migration experiences, current situations and future aspirations, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-007 | Abstract
Barnard, Helena, Robin Cowan & Moritz Müller, 2016, On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-006 | Abstract
Bartekova, Eva & René Kemp, 2016, Critical raw material strategies in different world regions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-005 | Abstract
Turkeli, Serdar, 2016, Governance of Innovation Policy: Empirical studies on applied political economy by multi-method analysis, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Ritzen, Jo, Caroline Wehner & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16(2): 539-576, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2015-0052, More information
Hallonsten, Jan Simon & Thomas Ziesemer, 2016, A semi-endogenous growth model for developing countries with public factors, imported capital goods, and limited export demand, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-004 | Abstract
Gassmann, Franziska, Pierre Mohnen & Vincenzo Vinci, 2016, Institutional factors and people's preferences in social protection, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-003 | Abstract
Vargas, Fernando, Jan 2016, Programas públicos de apoyo a la innovación en servicios. Lecciones desde Finlandia, This paper (in Spanish) describes the Serve programme, designed and implemented by TEKES, a pioneer experience in supporting innovation in services. Main results and lessons learned are discussed., More information
Thutupalli, Ajay & Michiko Iizuka, 2016, Catching-up in agricultural innovation: the case of Bacillus thuringiensis cotton in India, Industrial and Corporate Change, 25(6): 923-940, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtv055
Rehm, Martin, Regina H Mulder, W. Gijselaers & M. Segers, 2016, The impact of hierarchical positions on the type of communication within online Communities of Learning, Computers in Human Behavior, 58: 158-170, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.065
Cathles, Alison, 2016, New variables for vocational secondary schooling: Patterns around the world from 1950-2010, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-002 | Abstract
Cebotari, Victor & Valentina Mazzucato, 2016, Educational performance of children of migrant parents in Ghana, Nigeria and Angola, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42(5): 834-856, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1125777
Castillo, Juan Carlos & Adam Szirmai, 2016, Mexican manufacturing and its integration into global value chains, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-001 | Abstract
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2016, High-Growth versus Declining Firms: The Differential Impact of Human Capital and R&D, Applied Economics Letters, 23(5): 369-372, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1076139, More information
Wang, Lili, 2016, The structure and comparative advantages of China’s scientific research: quantitative and qualitative perspectives, Scientometrics, 106(1): 435-452, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1650-2, More information
Diene, Mbaye, Bity Diene & Théophile T. Azomahou, 2016, Human Capital Productivity, Endogenous Growth and Welfare: The Role of Uncertainty, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20(8): 2067-2092, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100515000309, More information
Azomahou, Théophile T., R. Boucekkine, Pierre Mohnen & Bart Verspagen, 2016, Introduction to the Macroeconomic Dynamics Special Issue on Technology Aspects in the Process of Development, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20(8): 1953-1956, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S136510051500019X, More information
Arundel, Anthony & Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa, 2016, Complexity of Innovation in the public sector: A workgroup-level analysis of related factors and outcomes, Public Management Review, 18(3): 392-416, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.984626, More information
Azomahou, Théophile T., Micheline Goedhuys & P. Nguyen Van, 2016, A Structural Nonparametric Reappraisal of the CO2 Emissions-Income Relationship, Revue Economique, 67(1): 167-174, More information
Farla, Kristine, Denis de Crombrugghe & Bart Verspagen, 2016, Institutions, Foreign Direct Investment, and Domestic Investment: Crowding Out or Crowding In?, World Development, 88: 1-9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.008, More information
Del Bo, Chiara F & Emanuela Sirtori, 2015, Additionality and Regional Public Finance. Evidence from Italy, Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, 34(5), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15614682, More information
Guadagno, Francesca, 2015, Why have so few countries industrialised?, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Fransen, Sonja, 2015, Remittances, bonds and bridges: Remittances and social capital investments in Burundi, The Journal of Development Studies, 51(10): 1294-1308, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1041517, More information
Siegel, Melissa, Dec 2015, Corruption & Migration: The Missing Link, UNU-MERIT blog series, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , Kattia Tirado Arias & et al., 2015, Examen de Desempeño al Servicio de Mantenimiento de Caminos Vecinales [The maintenance service of rural roads; Performance Audit Report], Informe N° 253-2015-CG/ADE, Performance Audit Department, Supreme Audit Institution of Peru, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , Juan Oriundo Verástegui & et al., 2015, Examen de Desempeño al Servicio de Cuidado Diurno del Programa Nacional “Cuna Más” [The day care service of the national program “Cuna Mas”; Performance Audit Report], Informe N° 058-2015-CG/ADE, Performance Audit Department, Supreme Audit Institution of Peru, More information
Khattak, Muhammad Irfan, F. Ahmad, A. Baseer Qazi & A.A. Khan, 2015, Performance Analysis of a Novel High Impedance Surface for Microstrip-line Small Patch Antenna for Mobile Applications, Procedia Computer Science, 63: 524-528, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.379, More information
Lal, Kaushalesh, 2015, Quality of Teachers and Skill Formation in Students, Indian Journal of Teacher Education, 1(1): 85-98
Quatraro, Francesco & Marco Vivarelli, 2015, Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries, World Bank Research Observer, 30: 277-305
Narula, Rajneesh, 2015, of Sustained Growth by India’s MNEs: India’s Dual Economy and Constraints from Location Assets, Management International Review, 55(2): 191-205
Conti, Annamaria & Fabiana Visentin, 2015, A Revealed Preference Analysis of PhD Students’ Choices Over Employment Outcomes, Research Policy, 44(10): 1931-1947
Conti, Annamaria & Fabiana Visentin, 2015, Science and Engineering Ph.D. Students’ Career Outcomes, by Gender, PlosOne, 10(8): e0133177, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133177
Park, Jinhyuck (Joseph) & K. Lee, 2015, Do latecomer firms rely on ‘recent’ and ‘scientific’ knowledge more than incumbent firms do? Convergence or divergence in knowledge sourcing, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 23(sup1): 129-145, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19761597.2015.1011261, More information
Palacios, Juan Carlos, Drichelmo Tamayo, Natalia Garzón, Carmen Granda, Sonia Herrera, Ana Rivadeneira, Diana Zambonino, Hernán Epstein, Giovanni Savio & Giovanni Stumpo, 2015, Labor and Business Outlook of Ecuador 2009-2013 (written in Spanish. ISBN: 978-9942-07-925-1), Report for the laboratory of labor and business dynamics of the National Institute of Statistics of Ecuador, More information
Martorano, Bruno, S. Handa, C. Halpern, A. Pettifor & H. Thirumurthy, 2015, Age and gender effects on time discounting in a large scale cash transfer program, IDS Working Paper 463, Brighton, UK, More information
Nikaj, Bernard, 2015, Building functioning Rule of Law institutions through Information and Communication Technology: Lessons from Kosovo, Conference Paper, Social, Political & Economic Change in the Western Balkans, RRPP Western Balkans, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2015, More information
Zou’bi, Moneef, Samia S. O. M. Nour, Jauad El-Kharraz & Nazar Hassan, Nov 2015, UNESCO Science Report 2015: Towards 2030-Arab States Chapter 17, UNESCO, Paris, France, 1-40, More information
Lenhardt, Amanda ODI, Andrew ODI Rogerson, Francesca Guadagno, Tom ODI Berliner, Mulu Gebreeyesus & Alebel Bayru, Sep 2015, One foot on the ground, one foot in the air - Ethiopia’s delivery on ambitious development agenda, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK, ODI Development Progress and ECDPM, 2015, More information
Hausemer, Pierre, Angelo di Legge, Pierpaulo Perna, Marco Bolchi, Bianca Buligescu, Cristoph Spengel, Rainer Brautigam, Maria Theresia Evers & Friedriech Heinemann, 2015, SME taxation in Europe – An empirical study of applied corporate income taxation for SMEs compared to large enterprises, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, More information
Buligescu, Bianca, 2015, Comments on Adina, Mihailescu, The Minimum Cost of Living, an Instrument in Social Policy, Romanian Sociology Journal, XIII(2): 112-116, More information
Albu, Lucian, Gheorghe Zaman & Catalin Zamfir, 2015, Economy and quality of life, in: Vlad Ionel-Valentin, Strategy for the development of Romania in the next 20 years, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania, More information
Martorano, Bruno, 2015, Lessons from the recent economic crisis: the Australian household stimulus package, International Review of Applied Economics, 29(3): 309-327, More information
Martorano, Bruno & Marco Sanfilippo, 2015, Structural change and wage inequality in the manufacturing sector: long run evidence from East Asia, Oxford Development Studies, 43(2): 212-231, More information
Martorano, Bruno, 2015, Is it possible to adjust ‘with a human face’? Differences in fiscal consolidation strategies between Hungary versus Iceland, Comparative Economic Studies, 57(4): 623-654, More information
Haas, Hein de, 2015, Introduction: revisiting Moroccan migrations, Journal of North African Studies, 20: 503-521, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2015.1065036, More information
Mairesse, Jacques & P.-M. Menger, 2015, Revue Economique: Introduction, Revue Economique, 66: 5-12, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3917/reco.661.0005, More information
O'Donoghue, Cathal, R. Conneely, D. Frost, K. Heanue, B. Leonard & D. Meredith (eds.), 2015, Rural Economic Development in Ireland, Teagasc, Carlow, 499, More information
Kemp, René & J Backhaus, 2015, Disentangling Practices, Carriers, and Production-Consumption Systems: A Mixed-method Study of (Sustainable) Food Consumption
, in: E.H. Kennedy, M.J. Cohen and N. Krogman (eds.), Putting Sustainability into Practice: Applications and Advances in Research on Sustainable Consumption, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK
Mohnen, Pierre & Rufin Baghana, 2015, L'innovation au Quebec: Force en enjeux
, in: Thierry Warin, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagne et Ari van Asche (eds), L'economie du Quebec: Contexte et enjeux internationaux, Presses Internationales Polytechnique, Canada
Tomini, Sonila, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova & Florian Tomini, 2015, Paying out-of-pocket and informally for health care in Albania: The impoverishing effect on households, Frontier Public Health, 3(207), DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00207