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UNU-MERIT Working Papers 2012
2012-082	The impact of migration on elderly left behind in Moldova Franziska Gassmann, Melissa Siegel, Michaella Vanore & Jennifer Waidler full text \| abstract
2012-081	Industrialization, employment and poverty Alejandro Lavopa & Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-080	Determinants of the rural nonfarm economy in Tajikistan Aziz Atamanov & Marrit van den Berg full text \| abstract
2012-079	Optimal multi-phase transition paths toward a global green economy Adriaan van Zon & Paul A. David This working papers has been revised and republished as WP2013-009. abstract
2012-078	Entrepreneurship and innovation in a hybrid political order: The case of Lebanon Nora Stel & Wim Naudé full text \| abstract
2012-077	Migration and multi-dimensional poverty in Moldovan communities Melissa Siegel & Jennifer Waidler full text \| abstract
2012-076	European investment promotion agencies vis-à-vis multinational companies from emerging economies: Comparative analysis of BRIC investor targeting Sergey Filippov full text \| abstract
2012-075	Optimal multi-phase transition paths toward a stabilized global climate: Integrated dynamic requirements analysis for the 'tech fix' Paul A. David & Adriaan van Zon full text \| abstract
2012-074	Learning and convergence in networks Daniel Opolot & Théophile T. Azomahou full text \| abstract
2012-073	Community cohesion and inherited networks - A network study of two handloom clusters in Kerala, India Anant Kamath & Robin Cowan full text \| abstract
2012-072	Political determinants of sustainable transport in Latin American cities Carlos Cadena Gaitan full text \| abstract
2012-071	Learning and the structure of citation networks François Lafond full text \| abstract
2012-070	Paying informally for public health care in Albania: scarce resources or governance failure? Sonila Tomini & Wim Groot full text \| abstract
2012-069	The determinants of home based long-term care utilisation in Western European countries Sonila Tomini, Wim Groot & Milena Pavlova full text \| abstract
2012-068	Government R&D impact on the South African macro-economy Radhika Perrot, David Mosaka, Lefentse Nokaneng & Rita Sikhondze full text \| abstract
2012-067	The dynamics of renewable energy transition in developing countries - The case of South Africa and India Radhika Perrot full text \| abstract
2012-066	Switching the lights off: The impact of energy tariff increases on households in the Kyrgyz Republic Franziska Gassmann full text \| abstract
2012-065	Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving countries Thomas Ziesemer full text \| abstract
2012-064	Chronic and transitory poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic: What can synthetic panels tell us? Mira Bierbaum & Franziska Gassmann full text \| abstract
2012-063	Globalization and the changing institution for sustainability: The case of the Salmon farming industry in Chile Michiko Iizuka & Jorge Katz full text \| abstract
2012-062	Microeconometric evidence of financing frictions and innovative activity Amaresh Tiwari, Pierre Mohnen, Franz Palm & S. Schim van der Loeff full text \| abstract
2012-061	Differential welfare state impacts for frontier working age families Irina Burlacu & C. O'Donoghue full text \| abstract
2012-060	Communication costs and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa Evans Mupela & Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-059	Determinants of the prevalence of diarrhoea in adolescents attending school: A case study of an Indian village school Shyama V. Ramani, Timothée Frühauf, Arijita Dutta & Huub Meijers full text \| abstract
2012-058	Do R&D tax incentives lead to higher wages for R&D workers? Evidence from the Netherlands Boris Lokshin & Pierre Mohnen This working paper is a revision of WP2008-034. full text \| abstract
2012-057	The impact of development aid on education and health: Survey and new evidence from dynamic models Thomas Ziesemer full text \| abstract
2012-056	Tax incentives or subsidies for R&D? Isabel Busom, Beatriz Corchuelo & Ester Martínez-Ros full text \| abstract
2012-055	The impact of Medium-Skilled immigration: A general equilibrium approach Joan Muysken, Ehsan Vallizadeh & Thomas Ziesemer full text \| abstract
2012-054	Envy and habits: Panel data estimates of interdependent preferences Jose Maria Casado, Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, José M. Labeaga Azcona & Dhanoos Sutthiphisal full text \| abstract
2012-053	Determinants of quadic patenting: Market access, imitative threat, competition and strength of intellectual property rights Can Huang & Jojo Jacob full text \| abstract
2012-052	A systemic perspective in understanding the successful emergence of non-traditional exports: two cases from Africa and Latin America Michiko Iizuka & Mulu Gebreeyesus full text \| abstract
2012-051	Process innovation objectives and management complementarities: patterns, drivers, co-adoption and performance effects José Luis Hervás Oliver, Francisca Sempere-Ripoll & Carles Boronat-Moll full text \| abstract
2012-050	Does the internet generate economic growth, international trade, or both? Huub Meijers full text \| abstract
2012-049	Technological capabilities and cost efficiency as antecedents of foreign market entry F. Cesaroni, Marco S. Giarratana & Ester Martínez-Ros full text \| abstract
2012-048	Income polarization and innovation: Evidence from African economies Théophile T. Azomahou & Mbaye Diene full text \| abstract
2012-047	Optimal health investment with separable and non-separable preferences Théophile T. Azomahou, Bity Diene, Mbaye Diene & Luc Soete full text \| abstract
2012-046	Nonlinearities in productivity growth: A semi-parametric panel analysis Théophile T. Azomahou, Bity Diene & Mbaye Diene full text \| abstract
2012-045	Perspectives on human development theory in democracy promotion: A comparison of democracy promotion programmes in Egypt through the lenses of classical and revised modernisation theory Inger Karin Moen Dyrnes full text \| abstract
2012-044	Prescriptions for network strategy: Does evidence of network effects in cross-section support them? Joel Baum, Robin Cowan & Nicolas Jonard full text \| abstract
2012-043	Employment and wages of people living with HIV/AIDS Pilar García-Gómez, José M. Labeaga Azcona & Juan Oliva full text \| abstract
2012-042	Lords of Uhuru: the political economy of elite competition and institutional change in post-independence Kenya Biniam Bedasso full text \| abstract
2012-041	The importance of manufacturing in economic development: Past, present and future perspectives Wim Naudé & Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-040	Explaining the dynamics of stagnation: An empirical examination of the North, Wallis and Weingast approach Richard Bluhm, Denis de Crombrugghe & Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-039	Industrial policy for growth Kristine Farla full text \| abstract
2012-038	Institutions and credit Kristine Farla full text \| abstract
2012-037	Exploring the panel components of the Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) Luciana Cingolani & Denis de Crombrugghe full text \| abstract
2012-036	Stylized facts of governance, institutions and economic development. Exploring the institutional profiles database Bart Verspagen full text \| abstract
2012-035	Preliminary conclusions on institutions and economic performance Denis de Crombrugghe & Kristine Farla full text \| abstract
2012-034	Techniques for dealing with reverse causality between institutions and economic performance Luciana Cingolani & Denis de Crombrugghe full text \| abstract
2012-033	Institutions and long-run growth performance: An analytic literature review of the institutional determinants of economic growth Richard Bluhm & Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-032	Proximate, intermediate and ultimate causality: Theories and experiences of growth and development Adam Szirmai full text \| abstract
2012-031	Informal knowledge exchanges under complex social relations: A network study of handloom clusters in Kerala, India Robin Cowan & Anant Kamath full text \| abstract
2012-030	Assessing contingent liabilities in public-private partnerships (PPPs) Emmanouil Sfakianakis & Mindel van de Laar full text \| abstract
2012-029	Sunk costs, extensive R&D subsidies and permanent inducement effects Pere Arqué-Castells & Pierre Mohnen full text \| abstract
2012-028	Whom to target - an obvious choice? Esther Schuering & Franziska Gassmann full text \| abstract
2012-027	Entrepreneurship and economic development: Theory, evidence and policy Wim Naudé full text \| abstract
2012-026	Remittances provide resilience against disasters in Africa Wim Naudé & Henri Bezuidenhout full text \| abstract
2012-025	Open innovation, contracts, and intellectual property rights: an exploratory empirical study John Hagedoorn & Ann-Kristin Ridder full text \| abstract
2012-024	Employment effect of innovation: microdata evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan Abdul Waheed full text \| abstract
2012-023	An exploration of agricultural grassroots innovation in South Africa and implications for innovation indicator development Brigid Letty, Zanele Shezi & Maxwell Mudhara full text \| abstract
2012-022	Innovation strategies and employment in Latin American firms G. Crespi & Pluvia Zuniga full text \| abstract
2012-021	Entrepreneurship, stages of development, and industrialization Zoltan J. Ács & Wim Naudé full text \| abstract
2012-020	International entrepreneurship and technological capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa Juliane Brach & Wim Naudé full text \| abstract
2012-019	Implementation of cross-country migration surveys in conflict-affected settings: Lessons from the IS Academy survey in Burundi and Ethiopia Sonja Fransen, Katherine Kuschminder & Melissa Siegel full text \| abstract
2012-018	New Technologies in remittances sending: Opportunities for mobile remittances in Africa Melissa Siegel & Sonja Fransen full text \| abstract
2012-017	Highly skilled temporary return, technological change and Innovation: The Case of the TRQN Project in Afghanistan Melissa Siegel & Katherine Kuschminder full text \| abstract
2012-016	Gains from child-centred Early Childhood Education: Evidence from a Dutch pilot programme Robert Bauchmüller full text \| abstract
2012-015	New firm creation and failure: A matching approach Thomas Gries, Stefan Jungblut & Wim Naudé full text \| abstract
2012-014	Social interactions and complex networks Daniel Opolot full text \| abstract
2012-013	"Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken": Entrepreneurship and the happiness of nations Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós & Oscar Cristi full text \| abstract
2012-012	The co-evolution of organizational performance and emotional contagion Robin Cowan, Nicolas Jonard & Rifka Weehuizen full text \| abstract
2012-011	Do Ak models really lack transitional dynamics? Yoseph Yilma Getachew full text \| abstract
2012-010	The monkey on your back?! Hierarchical positions and their influence on participants' behaviour within communities of learning Martin Rehm, W. Gijselaers & M. Segers full text \| abstract
2012-009	The informal ICT sector and innovation processes in Senegal Almamy Konté & Mariama Ndong full text \| abstract
2012-008	A simulation of social pensions in Europe Frieda Vandeninden full text \| abstract
2012-007	Foreign aid transaction costs Frieda Vandeninden full text \| abstract
2012-006	Cross-national trends in permanent earnings inequality and earnings instability in Europe 1994-2001 Denisa Maria Sologon & C. O'Donoghue full text \| abstract
2012-005	The impact of malnutrition and post traumatic stress disorder on the performance of working memory in children Elise de Neubourg & Chris de Neubourg full text \| abstract
2012-004	Estimates of the value of patent rights in China Can Huang full text \| abstract
2012-003	Evaluating binary alignment methods in microsimulation models Jinjing Li & C. O'Donoghue full text \| abstract
2012-002	A methodological survey of dynamic microsimulation models Jinjing Li & C. O'Donoghue full text \| abstract
2012-001	Maastricht reflections on innovation Luc Soete full text \| abstract