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UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series
Only Working Papers by UNU-MERIT researchers or affiliated researchers are eligible for publication on this website. Before submitting a paper, please read the Note to the Authors.
2017 |
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Ageing, human capital and demographic dividends with endogenous growth, labour supply and foreign capital Anne Edle von Gaessler & Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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Financial mechanism to invest in knowledge from natural resource revenues: Experiences from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru Michiko Iizuka, Fernando Vargas & Jakob Baumann full text | abstract | |
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Multinational firms and the extractive sectors in the 21st century: Can they drive development? Rajneesh Narula full text | abstract | |
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Rates of return to antipoverty transfers in Uganda Stephan Dietrich, Daniele Malerba, Armando Barrientos & Franziska Gassmann full text | abstract | |
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Occupational choice of return migrants: Is there a 'Jack-of-all-trades' effect? Clotilde Mahé full text | abstract | |
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On the relationship between the breadth of PTAs and trade flows Rod Falvey & Neil Foster-McGregor full text | abstract | |
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Promoting structural transformation: Strategic diversification vs laissez-faire approach Clovis Freire Junior full text | abstract | |
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Testing linear growth rate formulas of non-scale endogenous growth models Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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Is the demand-pull driver equally crucial for product vs process innovation? Herbert Dawid, Gabriele Pellegrino & Marco Vivarelli full text | abstract | |
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How inequality hurts growth: Revisiting the Galor-Zeira model through a Korean case Bogang Jun, Mary Kaltenberg & Won-Sik Hwang full text | abstract | |
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Economic diversification: Explaining the pattern of diversification in the global economy and its implications for fostering diversification in poorer countries Clovis Freire Junior full text | abstract | |
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The need to customise innovation indicators in developing countries Michiko Iizuka & Hugo Hollanders full text | abstract | |
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Husbands' return migration and wives' occupational choices Clotilde Mahé full text | abstract | |
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Opening and linking up: Firms, global value chains and productivity in Latin America Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci & Carlo Pietrobelli full text | abstract | |
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Social protection investments, human capital, and income growth: Simulating the returns to social cash transfers in Uganda Stephan Dietrich, Daniele Malerba, Armando Barrientos, Franziska Gassmann, Pierre Mohnen, Nyasha Tirivayi, Susan Kavuma & Fred Matovu full text | abstract | |
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Willingness to pay for agricultural risk insurance as a strategy to adapt climate change Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text | abstract | |
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Heterogeneous effects of bilateral investment treaties Rod Falvey & Neil Foster-McGregor full text | abstract | |
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Sanitation challenges of the poor in urban and rural settings: Case studies of Bengaluru City and rural North Karnataka Manasi Seshaiah, Latha Nagesh & Hemalatha Ramesh full text | abstract | |
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Indigenous knowledge for sustainable livelihoods: Lessons from ecological pest control and post-harvest techniques of Baduy (West Java) and Nguni (Southern Africa) Leeja C Korina & Alexis Habiyaremye full text | abstract | |
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Estimating the impact of sericulture adoption on farmer income in Rwanda: an application of propensity score matching Alexis Habiyaremye full text | abstract | |
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Regional analysis of sanitation performance in India
Debasree Bose & Arijita Dutta full text | abstract | |
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The role of migration-specific and migration-relevant policies in migrant decision-making in transit Katherine Kuschminder & Khalid Koser full text | abstract | |
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The productivity effect of public R&D in the Netherlands Luc Soete, Bart Verspagen & Thomas Ziesemer full text | abstract | |
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Role of WASH and Agency in Health: A study of isolated rural communities in Nilgiris and Jalpaiguri Shyama V. Ramani full text | abstract | |
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Innovation policy & labour productivity growth: Education, research & development, government effectiveness and business policy Mueid Al Raee, Jo Ritzen & Denis de Crombrugghe full text | abstract | |
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Challenged by migration: Europe's options Amelie Constant & Klaus F. Zimmermann full text | abstract | |
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Effects of health insurance on labour supply: A systematic review Nga Le Thi Quynh, Wim Groot, Sonila Tomini & Florian Tomini full text | abstract | |
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Post-conflict peacebuilding: A critical survey of the literature and avenues for future research Ayokunu Adedokun full text | abstract | |
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Emerging challenges to long-term peace and security in Mozambique Ayokunu Adedokun full text | abstract | |
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Transition from civil war to peace: The role of the United Nations and international community in Mozambique Ayokunu Adedokun full text | abstract | |
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Is innovation destroying jobs? Firm-level evidence from the EU Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli full text | abstract | |
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Pathways for capacity building in heterogeneous value chains: Evidence from the case of IT-enabled services in South Africa Charlotte Keijser & Michiko Iizuka full text | abstract | |
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Do authoritarian regimes receive more Chinese development finance than democratic ones? Empirical evidence for Africa Tobias Broich full text | abstract | |
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U.S. and Soviet foreign aid during the Cold War: A case study of Ethiopia Tobias Broich full text | abstract | |
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Financing rural households and its impact: Evidence from randomized field experiment data Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text | abstract | |
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Impact of agricultural technology adoption on market participation in the rural social network system Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text | abstract | |
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Productivity and household welfare impact of technology adoption: Micro-level evidence from rural Ethiopia Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text | abstract | |
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How development aid explains (or not) the rise and fall of insurgent attacks in Iraq Pui-hang Wong full text | abstract | |
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Country risk, FDI flows and convergence trends in the context of the Investment Development Path Jonas Hub Frenken & Dorcas Mbuvi full text | abstract | |
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Labour mobility through business visits as a way to foster productivity Mariacristina Piva, Massimiliano Tani & Marco Vivarelli full text | abstract | |
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Impact of the Great Recession on industry unemployment: a 1976-2011 comparison Yelena Takhtamanova & Eva Sierminska full text | abstract | |
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Fostering social mobility: The case of the 'Bono de Desarrollo Humano' in Ecuador Andres Mideros Mora & Franziska Gassmann full text | abstract | |
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The economic impact of East-West migration on the European Union Martin Kahanec & Mariola Pytliková full text | abstract | |
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