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Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Modern growth theory puts invention on the center stage. Inventions are created by individuals, raising the question: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on invention, using data on U.S. patents’ Finnish...

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In search of excellence - Innovation contests to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Portugal

Carvalho, Adão - Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e … - 2009

businesses; an increasing trend in the number of innovation contests launched annually in Portugal; high rates of rotation of the …Numerous initiatives of different nature have taken place in Portugal over the recent years aiming at raising … consciousness of the importance and advantages of innovation and entrepreneurship, persuading businesspeople to place innovation as …

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Life Expectancy and Schooling: New Insights from Cross-Country Data

Hazan, Moshe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

I argue that distinguishing between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy beyond the crucial early childhood years affects the relationship between life expectancy and schooling in a meaningful way. In particular, I show that while the change in life expectancy at birth between 1960 and...

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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To this end the strategy proposed by Ackerberg, Caves and Frazer (2006) for estimating production functions to control for the endogeneity of input factors and training is applied....

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The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization

Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

What are the consequences of resource-based regional specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial, recent work suggests it may be costly in the long run, due to economic or political reasons. I examine this...

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Human Capital and the Future of Transition Economies

Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giving them high growth potential. In the model, at a good equilibrium a large number of children of well-educated parents take advantage of their family backgrounds and invest substantially in their...

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‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition

de la Croix, David; Licandro, Omar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence that body development during childhood is an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth all result from individual decisions. Parents face a...

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Quitting Externalities, Employment Cyclicality and Firing Costs

Booth, Alison L; Zoega, Gylfi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper derives a model in which workers have firm-specific and industry-specific skills, and in each period there is a non-zero probability that a worker quits. This makes the private discount factor, used by firms in making decisions about hiring and training new workers and firing existing...

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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?

Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...

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The Dynamics of Exclusion and Fiscal Conservatism

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper studies the impact of income inequality on fiscal conservatism when an increase in inequality affects the bottom portion of income distribution. It is argued that, contrary to what is generally assumed in the economic literature, inequality will then be associated with less, rather...

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