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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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Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
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The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is … technologically advanced innovation. In this paper we find empirical evidence that both effects are at work - multinational … innovation in countries with low EPL. …
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characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the …
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productivity. Education as well as innovation and production require skilled labour as inputs. This and the fact that learning …
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If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …
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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 …
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efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …
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, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …
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The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge … and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does … not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link is the mechanism converting knowledge into economically relevant …
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