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Innovation is often predicated on discovering useful new combinations of existing knowledge in highly complex knowledge …, and particle physics. We develop a combinatorial-based knowledge production function and embed it in the classic Jones …. This production function is a generalization (and reinterpretation) of the Romer/Jones knowledge production function …
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Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta...
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Improving education outcomes is vital for achieving convergence with GDP per capita levels in Western European countries and for reducing income inequality. While some education outcomes are favourable, such as the low secondary-school drop-out rate, others have room for improvement: education...
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Improving education outcomes is important for Germany’s long-term economic performance and social cohesion. While student achievement is above the OECD average in science and at the OECD average in reading and mathematics according to the 2006 OECD PISA study, weaker students tend to do badly...
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Improving education achievement in Luxembourg is a priority for strengthening productivity growth and enhancing residents. employment prospects in the private sector, where employers mainly hire cross-border workers. Student achievement in Luxembourg is below the OECD average according to the...
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Online contract labor globalizes traditionally local labor markets, with platforms that enable employers, most of whom are in high-income countries, to more easily outsource tasks to contractors, primarily located in low-income countries. This market is growing rapidly; we provide descriptive...
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location, which has been taken as evidence of geographically localized knowledge spillovers. In this study, we find that patent … in question, which we interpret as evidence of a significant role played by social capital in promoting knowledge … find strong evidence in support of the enduring social capital hypothesis; social ties that facilitate knowledge transfer …
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technological information. FDI is an alternate, potentially equally important channel for the mediation of such knowledge spillovers …. I introduce a framework for measuring international knowledge spillovers at the firm level, and I use this framework to … directly test the hypothesis that FDI is a channel of knowledge spillovers for Japanese multinationals undertaking direct …
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We conduct the first empirical test of the knowledge burden hypothesis, one of several theories advanced to explain … increasing team sizes in science. For identification, we exploit the collapse of the USSR as an exogenous shock to the knowledge …
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Does an expansion of patent scope induce more innovative effort by firms? This article provides evidence on this question by examining firm responses to the Japanese patent reforms of 1988. Interviews with practitioners suggest the reforms significantly expanded the scope of patent rights in...
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