Dr. Micheline Goedhuys is research fellow and PhD director at the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) in Maastricht, The Netherlands.  She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Leuven in Belgium and has held previous positions at the ILO in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium. 

Micheline is an expert on empowerment, entrepreneurship, innovation, SME development and growth in the MENA region and Sub-Sahara Africa. She uses econometric techniques applied to micro data to investigate how innovation activity and standards, but also systemic failures, resource constraints and corruption, affect (high-) growth of firms, productivity, exports and employment creation.  She published widely on these topics and co-edited three special issues, in the European Journal of Development Research (2008), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (2012) and Eurasian Business Review (2016). 

She is also expert on impact evaluation of development policies and programs and coordinates a number of externally funded impact research projects in this area. She currently coordinates a large study to evaluate the impact of the Tunisian Ministry of Public Works' programme to upgrade infrastructure and facilities in disadvantaged neigborhoods.  The study is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD).  She leads a research consortium, including U.Namur and U. Hannover, to design an impact evaluation for a large water infrastructure program in Madagascar, funded by an EIB University Research Scholarship grant;  In 2021 she finalised a study for the Dutch RVO to assess the possibility of conducting an impact evaluation for the building of four ports on Lake Kivu, Rwanda.  

 She has published the findings of both areas of research in various high-ranked internationally peer reviewed journals including the Journal of Development Economics and World Development and won with her co-authors the Journal of Economic Psychology Best Paper of 2020 award.  

	Selected publications by Micheline Goedhuys
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Goedhuys, Micheline, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen & Ann-Kristin Reitmann, 2024, Measuring youth empowerment: An application toTunisia, Journal of International Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3886, More information
Calza, Elisa & Micheline Goedhuys, 2021, Just a Piece of Paper? Domestic Standards Certification and Small Firm Growth in Viet Nam, Journal of Development Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2021.1873289, More information
Keijser, Charlotte, René Belderbos & Micheline Goedhuys, 2021, Governance and learning in global, regional, and local value chains: The IT enabled services industry in South Africa, World Development, 141, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105398, More information
Reitmann, Ann-Kristin, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm & Eleonora Nillesen, 2020, Gender attitudes in the Arab region - The role of framing and priming effects, Journal of Economic Psychology, 80: 102288-, DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102288, More information
Nillesen, Eleonora, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann & Aline Meysonnat, 2020, On the malleability of gender attitudes: Evidence from implicit and explicit measures in Tunisia, World Development, 138: 105263-, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105263, More information
Reitmann, Ann-Kristin, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm & Eleonora Nillesen, 2020, Gender attitudes in the Arab region – the role of framing and priming effects, Journal of Economic Psychology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102288, More information
Wadho, Waqar, Micheline Goedhuys & Azam Chaudhry, 2019, Young innovative companies and employment creation, evidence from the Pakistani textiles sector, World Development, 117: 139-152, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.01.002, More information
Calza, Elisa, Micheline Goedhuys & Neda Trifković, 2019, Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs: the role of management standards and innovation, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 28(1), DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2018.1423765, 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
Goedhuys, Micheline, Pierre Mohnen & Tamer Taha, 2016, Corruption, Innovation and Firm Growth: Firm-level Evidence from Egypt and Tunisia, Eurasian Business Review, 6(3),(3): 299-322, DOI: 10.1007/s40821-016-0062-4
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2016, International standards certification, institutional voids and exports from developing country firms, International Business Review, 25(6): 1344-1355, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.04.006
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: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1076139, 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
Goedhuys, Micheline & Martin Srholec, 2015, Technological capabilities, institutions and firm productivity, a multilevel study, European Journal of Development Research, 27(2): 122-139, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, Pierre Mohnen & Norbert Janz, 2014, Knowledge-based productivity in "low-tech" industries: Evidence from firms in developing countries, Industrial and Corporate Change, 23: 1-23, DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt006, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, Norbert Janz & Pierre Mohnen, 2013, Knowledge-based productivity in “low-tech” industries: evidence from firms in developing countries, Industrial and Corporate Change, DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt006, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2013, The impact of international standards certification on the performance of firms in less developed countries, World Development, 47: 87-101, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.014, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & R. Veugelers, 2012, Innovation Strategies, Process and Product Innovations and Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Brazil, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23: 516-529, DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2011.01.004, More information
Azomahou, Théophile T., Micheline Goedhuys & Bart Verspagen, 2012, Introduction to the Special Issue on 'Innovation, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development', Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23(4): 403-405, DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2012.08.003, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & Reinhilde Veugelers, 2012, Innovation Strategies, Process and Product Innovations and Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Brazil, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23: 516-529, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2010, High-growth entrepreneurial firms in Africa: a quantile regression approach, Small Business Economics Journal, 34: 31-51, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, Norbert Janz, Jacques Mairesse & Pierre Mohnen, 2008, Micro-evidence on innovation and development (MEIDE): An introduction, European Journal of Development Research, 20(2): 167-171
Goedhuys, Micheline, Norbert Janz & Pierre Mohnen, 2008, What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or business environment?, European Journal of Development Research, 20: 199-218
Goedhuys, Micheline, 2007, Learning, product innovation and firm heterogeneity in developing countries, evidence from Tanzania, Industrial and Corporate Change, 16: 269-292, More information
Sleuwaegen, Leo & Micheline Goedhuys, 2003, Technical efficiency, market share and profitability of manufacturing firms in Côte d'Ivoire: a technology trap?, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 27: 851-866, More information
Sleuwaegen, Leo & Micheline Goedhuys, 2002, Growth of firms in developing countries, evidence from Côte d’Ivoire, Journal of Development Economics, 68: 117-135, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, 2000, Wages and firm profitability in the manufacturing sector in Côte d’Ivoire, Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, 45: 233-251
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2000, Entrepreneurship and growth of entrepreneurial firms in Côte d’Ivoire, Journal of Development Studies, 36: 123-145, More information
Book chapters
Gardiner, Drew, Micheline Goedhuys & Michelle Gonzalez Amador, 2021, Youth aspirations and the future of work, in: Juan Chacaltana, Sukti Dasgupta (eds), Is the future ready for youth?, ILO, Geneva, 264 p, More information
Calza, Elisa & Micheline Goedhuys, 2016, Entrepreneurial heterogeneity and the design of entrepreneurship policies for economic growth and inclusive development, in: Colin C. Williams, Anjula Gurtoo (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies, Routledge, New York and Oxon, More information
Szirmai, Adam, Micheline Goedhuys & Wim Naudé, 2011, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development: An Overview , in: Szirmai, A., Naudé, W., Goedhuys, M. (eds), Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development, Oxford University Press, Oxford, DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596515.003.0001, More information
Szirmai, Adam, Wim Naudé & Micheline Goedhuys (eds.), 2011, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development: An Overview, in: Szirmai, A., Naudé, W., Goedhuys, M, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Sleuwaegen, Leo & Micheline Goedhuys, 2009, Growth of firms in developing countries, evidence from Côte d’Ivoire, in: Thornsten Beck, editor, Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 1999, Barriers to growth of firms in developing countries, evidence from Burundi, in: Audretsch, D., Thurik, R. (eds), Innovation, industry evolution and employment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, More information
Books (monograph or edited volume)
Szirmai, Adam, Wim Naudé & Micheline Goedhuys (eds.), 2011, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development, Oxford University Press, Oxford, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Tetteh, Godsway, Micheline Goedhuys, Maty Konte & Pierre Mohnen, 2021, Mobile money adoption and entrepreneurs’ access to trade credit in the informal sector, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-043
Tetteh, Godsway, Micheline Goedhuys, Maty Konte & Pierre Mohnen, 2020, Towards a new index of mobile money inclusion and the role of the regulatory environment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-035
Reitmann, Ann-Kristin, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm & Eleonora Nillesen, 2019, Measuring attitudes on gender equality and domestic violence in the Arab context - The role of framing, priming and interviewer effects, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-027
Wadho, Waqar, Micheline Goedhuys & Azam Chaudhry, 2019, Do young innovative companies create more jobs? Evidence from Pakistani textile firms, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-002
Calza, Elisa & Micheline Goedhuys, 2018, Domestic quality certification and growth of Vietnamese MSMEs, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-026
Goedhuys, Micheline, Pierre Mohnen & Tamer Taha, 2016, Corruption, innovation and firm growth: Firm-level evidence from Egypt and Tunisia, Paper published as: Goedhuys, M., Mohnen, P., & Taha, T. (2016). Corruption, innovation and firm growth: firm-level evidence from Egypt and Tunisia. Eurasian Business Review, 1-24. The final publication is available at Springer via: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40821-016-0062-4, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-056
Calza, Elisa & Micheline Goedhuys, 2016, Entrepreneurial heterogeneity and the design of entrepreneurship policies for economic growth and inclusive development, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-043
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2016, International standards certification, institutional voids and exports from developing country firms, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-021
Goedhuys, Micheline & Pierre Mohnen, 2016, Management standard certification and firm productivity: micro-evidence from Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-012
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2015, Human capital, innovation and the distribution of firm growth rates, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2015-013
Goedhuys, Micheline & Martin Srholec, 2010, Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2010-003
Azomahou, Théophile T., Micheline Goedhuys & P. Nguyen Van, 2009, A structural nonparametric reappraisal of the CO2 emissions-income relationship, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2009-064
Goedhuys, Micheline, Norbert Janz & Pierre Mohnen, 2008, Knowledge-based productivity in ‘low-tech’ industries: evidence from firms in developing countries , UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2008-007
Goedhuys, Micheline, 2007, The impact of innovation activities on productivity and firm growth: evidence from Brazil, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2007-002
Goedhuys, Micheline, Norbert Janz & Pierre Mohnen, 2006, What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2006-037
External working papers
Cathles, Alison, Drew Gardiner, Micheline Goedhuys, Chen Gong, Michelle Gonzalez Amador & Eleonora Nillesen, 2020, Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work: A Review of the Literature and Evidence, ILO working paper #8, More information
Nillesen, Eleonora, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann & Aline Meysonnat, 2019, On the Malleability of Implicit Attitudes Towards Women Empowerment: Evidence from Tunisia, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12471, 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
Goedhuys, Micheline & Leo Sleuwaegen, 2009, High-growth entrepreneurial firms in Africa: a quantile regression approach, UNU-WIDER Research Paper No. 2009/11, More information
Christensen, Jens Dyring & Micheline Goedhuys, 2004, Impact of National Policy and Legal Environments on Employment Growth and Investment in Micro and Small Enterprises, ILO/SEED WORKING PAPER No. 63 Series on Conducive Policy Environment for Small Enterprise Employment, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline, 2002, Employment Creation and Employment Quality in African Manufacturing Firms, ILO/SEED Working paper n°26, ILO, Geneva, More information
Research reports
Ghali, Sofiane, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen & Sami Zouari, 2018, Women’s and Youth Empowerment in Rural Tunisia, An assessment using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), First report presenting disaggregated statistics on women’s and youth empowerment from a nationally representative survey of 1,150 households in Tunisia. The survey and report have been funded through ILO Taqeem (meaning “evaluation” in Arabic), which is a partnership between the ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as part of an IFAD-financed project titled “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”, 80 pp, More information
Mytelka, Lynn K., Micheline Goedhuys, Anthony Arundel & Geoffrey Gachino, 2004, Designing a policy-relevant innovation survey for NEPAD, A study prepared pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement between The Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited and the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH), More information
Briefs
Goedhuys, Micheline & Eleonora Nillesen, 2019, Measuring Women’s Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa, Women’s empowerment is important in its own right, yet it is also a catalyst towards other development goals. This brief demonstrates that measurement tools are being developed based on individual and household surveys, to monitor the evolution of women’s position in the household, the family and the community, More information
Naudé, Wim, Adam Szirmai & Micheline Goedhuys (eds.), 2011, Innovation and entrepreneurship in developing countries, How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses these questions, More information
Goedhuys, Micheline (ed.), 2005, Measuring innovation: Making innovation surveys work for developing countries, Technology Policy Brief, Vol 4, issue 1, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Netherlands, More information
Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Goedhuys, Micheline (ed.), 2016, Editor of the Special Section on “Entrepreneurship and Young Firm Growth in Developing Countries”, Eurasian Business Review, Volume 6, Issue 3, December 2016, More information
Azomahou, Théophile T., Micheline Goedhuys & Bart Verspagen, 2012, Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘Innovation, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development’, Journal: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 23(4), pp. 403-405