This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the …. In addition I briefly elaborate on the role of education, research, and training to enhance development capability and …

Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also … research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and … higher education in Europe and investigate potential explanations for the strong increase in its international orientation …

1999-2004 and measure innovation performance by the (value-adjusted) number of patent applications at the European Patent … firms as well as immobile workers on the innovation performance of their employer. Our main result is that mobile university … scientists contribute substantially more to innovation than R&D workers hired from other firms who, in turn, contribute slightly …

1999-2004 and measure innovation performance by the (value-adjusted) number of patent applications at the European Patent … firms as well as immobile workers on the innovation performance of their employer. Our main result is that mobile university … scientists contribute substantially more to innovation than R&D workers hired from other firms who, in turn, contribute slightly …

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …Given the recent efforts in several countries to reorganize the research institutional setting to improve research … standards in economics around the world been reflected in research performance? How have individual countries fared? Do research …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …