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UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
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2021 |
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Global dynamics of Gini coefficients of education for 146 countries updated to 1950-2015 Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan L.D. Huynh & Huan H. Nguyen full text | abstract | |
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Is there job polarization in developing economies? A review and outlook Antonio Soares Martins Neto, Nanditha Mathew, Pierre Mohnen & Tania Treibich full text | abstract | |
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Labour-saving automation and occupational exposure: A text-similarity measure Fabio Montobbio, Jacopo Staccioli, Maria Enrica Virgillito & Marco Vivarelli full text | abstract | |
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Mobile money adoption and entrepreneurs’ access to trade credit in the informal sector Godsway Tetteh, Micheline Goedhuys, Maty Konte & Pierre Mohnen full text | abstract | |
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Wage effects of global value chains participation and position: An industry-level analysis Gideon Ndubuisi & Solomon Owusu full text | abstract | |
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Financial development and small firms’ tax compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa Racky Balde full text | abstract | |
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Overcoming a legacy of racial discrimination: Competing policy goals in South African academia Robin Cowan, Mortiz Müller, Alan Kirman & Helena Barnard full text | abstract | |
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The political geography of cities Richard Bluhm, Christian Lessmann & Paul Schaudt full text | abstract | |
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Demand-led industrialisation policy in a dual-sector small balance of payments constrained economy Önder Nomaler, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen full text | abstract | |
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Does commonness fill the common fund? Experimental evidence on the role of identity for public good contributions in India Bruhan Konda, Stephan Dietrich & Eleonora Nillesen full text | abstract | |
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The impact of research independence on PhD students' careers: Large-scale evidence from France Sofia Patsali, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin full text | abstract | |
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Longing for which home: Evidence from global aspirations to stay, return or migrate onwards Els Bekaert, Amelie Constant, Killian Foubert & Ilse Ruyssen full text | abstract | |
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Economic development, weather shocks and child marriage in South Asia: A machine learning approach Stephan Dietrich, Aline Meysonnat, Francisco Rosales, Victor Cebotari & Franziska Gassmann full text | abstract | |
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Women's mobile phone access and use: A snapshot of six states in India Lina Sonne full text | abstract | |
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Political polarization and the impact of internet and social media use in Brazil Lorena Giuberti Coutinho full text | abstract | |
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Positioning firms along the capabilities ladder Alex Coad, Nanditha Mathew & Emanuele Pugliese full text | abstract | |
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Social networks and agricultural performance: A multiplex analysis of interactions among Indian rice farmers Bruhan Konda, Mario Gonzalez Sauri, Robin Cowan, Yashodha Yashodha & Prakashan Chellattan Veettill full text | abstract | |
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Simulating the impact of a raise in education salaries on economic growth in Peru Luciano Paredes Chervellini & Jo Ritzen full text | abstract | |
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Women's empowerment in Colombia: A multidimensional approach Esmeralda Rodríguez Guerrero, Zina Nimeh & Andrea Franco-Correa full text | abstract | |
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Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviours Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann & Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu full text | abstract | |
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Knowledge transfer activities and conditions for impact in Bulgarian public research institutions: A survey-based diagnostic Anwar Aridi, Daniel Querejazu & Pluvia Zuniga full text | abstract | |
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The effectiveness of innovation policy and the moderating role of market competition: Evidence from Latin American firms J. M. Benavente & Pluvia Zuniga full text | abstract | |
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How does market competition affect firm innovation incentives in emerging countries? Evidence from Latin American firms J. M. Benavente & Pluvia Zuniga full text | abstract | |
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A map of the fractal structure of high-tech dynamics across EU regions Ariel L. Wirkierman, Tommaso Ciarli & Maria Savona full text | abstract | |
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Powering structural transformation and productivity gains in Africa: The role of global value chains and resource endowments Solomon Owusu full text | abstract | |
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Supporting academic advising through self-directed, blended learning Mindel van de Laar, Katerina Triantos & Lutz Krebs full text | abstract | |
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A taxonomy of European innovation clubs Ariel L. Wirkierman, Tommaso Ciarli & Maria Savona full text | abstract | |
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How different are necessity and opportunity firms? Evidence from a quantile analysis of the Colombian microenterprise sector Omar Rodriguez full text | abstract | |
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Does entrepreneurship increase the chances of the poor? Omar Rodriguez full text | abstract | |
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The influence of value-chain governance on innovation performance: A study of Italian suppliers Emanuele Brancati, Carlo Pietrobelli & Caio Torres Mazzi full text | abstract | |
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Will the AI revolution be labour-friendly? Some micro evidence from the supply side Giacomo Damioli, Vincent Van Roy, Daniel Vertesy & Marco Vivarelli full text | abstract | |
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Foreign R&D spillovers to the USA and strategic reactions Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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Do pandemics lead to rebellion? Policy responses to COVID-19, inequality, and protests in the USA Francesco Iacoella, Patricia Justino & Bruno Martorano full text | abstract | |
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How social assistance affects subjective Well-being: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan Franziska Gassmann, Bruno Martorano & Jennifer Waidler full text | abstract | |
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Do institutions and ideology matter for economic growth in Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century? Pamela L. Navarrete Gallo & Jo Ritzen full text | abstract | |
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What makes a productive Ph.D. student? Alberto Corsini, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin full text | abstract | |
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Mobile phones and HIV testing: Multi-country evidence from sub-Saharan Africa Francesco Iacoella & Nyasha Tirivayi full text | abstract | |
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Attitudes towards inequality in Brazil: An analysis of a highly unequal country Cintia Denise Granja & Ana Maria Carneiro full text | abstract | |
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COVID-19 policy responses, mobility, and food prices: Evidence from local markets in 47 low to middle income countries Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano & Georg Schmerzeck full text | abstract | |
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Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the ICT sectors Rasmus Lema, Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti & Antonio Vezzani full text | abstract | |
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Macroeconomic stimulus packages and income inequality in developing countries: Lessons from the 2007-9 Great Recession for the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa Alexis Habiyaremye, Peter Jacobs, Olebogeng Molewa & Pelontle Lekomanyane full text | abstract | |
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Patent landscaping using 'green' technological trajectories Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen full text | abstract | |
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Democracy and COVID-19 Outcomes Gokhan Karabulut, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker full text | abstract | |
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Labour-augmenting technical change data for alternative elasticities of substitution, growth, slowdown, and distribution dynamics Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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Access to social protection for platform and other non-standard workers: A literature review Tamara A. Kool, Giulio Bordon & Franziska Gassmann full text | abstract | |
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Transformation towards sustainable development goals: Role of innovation ecosystems for inclusive, disruptive advances in five Asian case studies Michiko Iizuka & Gerald Hane full text | abstract | |
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