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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005

Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...

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The Role of Endogenous Skill Choice in an Aging Economy

Jaag, Christian - EconWPA - 2005

This chapter analyzes the effects of an aging population on individual skill choices and the production structure by means of a dynamic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and probabilistic aging. The model allows for capital-skill complementarity, which strongly affects the...

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Returns to Education, Child Labor, & Schooling in India

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana - EconWPA - 2004

In an environment where children's time has an economic value and employment opportunities for educated workers are scarce, parental investments in their children's education may not be driven entirely by poverty and credit constraints. We offer evidence that children's participation in child...

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What is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - EconWPA - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average income with all but undergraduate level of...

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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective

Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003

The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...

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Crescimento Econ\363mico no P\363s-guerra: os Casos de Espanha, Portugal e Irlanda

Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2002

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A Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Social Networks in Entrepreneurship

Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N.; Siegel, Donald S. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …

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Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program

Allen, Stuart Douglas; Layson, Stephen K.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012

This paper presents a systematic analysis of the net economic benefits associated with the Small Business Innovation … infer from these calculations, and from general knowledge about the ability of SBIR-funded firms to exploit their monopoly …

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Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John Troy - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

We investigate the impacts of the U.S. publicly-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s funding on …

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Regional Appropriation of University-Based Knowledge and Technology for Economic Development

Audretsch, David B.; Leyden, Dennis Patrick; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2012

development. It is predicated on the spillover of knowledge from universities to commercialization. The literature has focused on … demand for university-based knowledge and university-developed technology. We identify links between businesses and the … university as a key conduit facilitating the spillover of knowledge using data on the Department of Energy’s Small Business …

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