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Ethnic inventors, diversity and innovation in the UK: evidence from patents microdata
Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via ‘star’ migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126072
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Subject of degree and the gender wage gap: Evidence from Italy
Noe', Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper investigates the extent to which differences in the subject of degree studied by men and women contribute to the gender pay gap in Italy. Using micro-data from the “Survey of Household Income and Wealth” collected by Bank of Italy (1995-2006), we studied the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261111
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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076902
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The impact of the minimum wage on Spanish youth: Evidence from a natural experiment
Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This work assesses the impact of the minimum wage on youth employment, unemployment and education enrolment in Spain. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we take advantage of the fact that the minimum wage for people aged 16 and 17 years old, which was approximately two thirds the level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294926
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Who skims the cream of the Italian graduate crop? Wage-employment versus self-employment
Castagnetti, Carolina; Rosti, Luisa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper tests whether the academic achievement is a significant determinant of the employment status in the Italian labor market: are the new entrepreneurs selected from the top or bottom end of the graduates ability distribution? Is the cream of the graduate crop pulled into self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836538
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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy
Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836859
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Work status and family planning: insights from the Italian puzzle
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper uses a dataset built by the author on the basis of raw data taken from different national surveys to carry out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533579
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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004
The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125631
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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004
Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125690
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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134471