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R & D sector outsourcing, human capital formation and growth in the context of developed versus developing economies
Basu, Sujata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
An advanced economy relies on innovation activity for its further technology improvement. On the other hand a backward … economy depends on both imitation from the world technology frontier and innovation activities - innovation being more skilled … innovation-only regime to an imitation-innovation regime. I show that dependence on imitation activities rises and as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108699
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Adult Education in Turkey: Stylized Facts, Determinants and Further Issues
Dinçer, N. Nergiz; Tekin-Koru, Ayça - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We provide a novel set of stylized facts on individuals engaging in adult education using the Adult Education Survey (AES) conducted by TurkStat for the first time. This way we provide the first evidence on the determinants of participation in adult education in a developing country, Turkey. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110079
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
knowledge. Three long-term outcomes emerge. First, a "Secularization" or "Western-European" regime with declining religiosity …, unimpeded science, a passive Church and high levels of taxes and transfers. Second, a "Theocratic" regime with knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262883
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Влияние на човешкия капитал върху икономическия растеж (България, 1949-2005 г.)
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In Bulgaria, during the transition to market-oriented economy, many analyzes are based on the widely held view that one of the positive legacies of the economies in transition (particularly that of Bulgaria) is the high level of human capital. The high degree of development of education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259237
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Intangible training capital and productivity in Europe
O’Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper employs industry data, derived from linking the EU LFS to productivity accounts from EU KLEMS, to examine workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible investments by firms and cumulated to stocks so their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259336
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Human Capital Investment through Education and Training: an Overview
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We present in this paper the real importance and very contemporary human capital investment. Through a quantitative analysis, we present the level of human capital accumulation that countries are able to achieve. We also examine the significant part occupied by educational expenditure in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262752
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Poor’s behaviour and inequality traps: the role of human capital
Lombardo, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
, instead of the assumption of markets imperfections, by introducing a methodological innovation which connects the presence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260074
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Institutionally Induced Human Capital Vintages and Economic Growth in Transition
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa; Ganev, Kaloyan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper we introduce additional parameters of the economic environment related to some notion of “distance” to institutions in a simple formal model. This distance could be viewed as an uneven spatial distribution (or coverage) of institutions with respect to population distribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325652
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Экономический рост: образование как фактор производства
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of the possible impact of human capital on economic growth in transition economies of Ukraine, Russia, Poland, and Hungary during the period of 1990-2007. This research defines place and role of human capital in the process of transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835778
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528543