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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 …

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Distance to Which Frontier? Evidence on Productivity Convergence from International Firm-level Data

Bartelsman, Eric J; Haskel, Jonathan; Martin, Ralf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

towards the global frontier country, perhaps due to learning and knowledge spillovers. More recently, studies within countries … are able to benefit from domestic knowledge. …

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Душевой ВВП и производительность труда в России: было ли догоняющее развитие?

Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Using Russian data, it is showт that different assessment techniques of cathing-up development lead to opposite conclusions: according to current PPPs we have seen the cathing-up in per capita GDP during 1990-2012 period, but according to constant PPPs – we have not. It is argued that current...

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Economic Reform and Productivity Convergence in China

Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper examines effects of the formation of physical and human capital on the growth of labour productivity, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and wages in China, incorporating the market reform factors such as ownership shifts, population policy, openness and fiscal expenditures on education....

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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...

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Spatial agglomeration dynamics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper develops a model of economic growth and activity locating endogenously on a 3- dimensional featureless global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering. Economic activity is not concentrated on discrete...

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Spatial Agglomeration Dynamics

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper develops a model of economic growth and activity locating endogenously on a 3-dimensional featureless global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering. Economic activity is not concentrated on discrete...

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Cross-country growth comparison : theory to empirics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

of knowledge and technology in economic growth. …

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What drives productivity growth in the new EU member states? The case of Poland

Kolasa, Marcin - European Central Bank - 2005

is found on immediate technology transfer. Another result is a significant effect of domestic innovation activity. There … results obtained provide some policy implications and make the case for taking into account domestic innovation activity while …

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Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

innovation activities. The selection of high-skill managers is more important for innovation activities. As the economy … investments, but little selection. Closer to the world technology frontier, there is a switch to an innovation-based strategy with …

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