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Human Capital, Innovation Capability and Economic Growth

Teixeira, Aurora; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2003

In this paper, we study human capital effects on economic growth of Portugal from 1960 to 2001. By using VAR and … cointegration analyses, we obtain 0.42 long-run estimate for human capital elasticity, 0.30 long-run estimate for internal knowledge … between human capital and innovation capability. These estimates seem to confirm that human capital and indigenous innovation …

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Human Capital Intensity in Technology-Based Firms Located in Portugal: Do Foreign Multinationals Make a Difference?

Tavares, Ana Teresa; Teixeira, Aurora A. C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2005

. New evidence is provided, based on a comprehensive, large-scale survey of technology-based firms located in Portugal … development for an economy like Portugal (lagging behind in terms of human capital stock, and seeming to have lost part of its …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970057

Human Capital and Labour Productivity, Integration of Institutions and Endogenous Growth

Delsen, Lei; Schonewille, Mark - EconWPA - 1999

This paper is part of a project that attempts to reveal the way labour market institutions, human capital and labour productivity are interconnected. First we discuss two approaches in the human capital theory, stressing some difficulties that could be solved if the approaches are combined. It...

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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...

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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...

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Local sustainable mobility management. Are Portuguese municipalities aware?

Monteiro, Catarina Aroso; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006

yet to be dealt with appropriately and in a credible way. This shortcoming is particularly acute in Portugal where …

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Measuring aggregate human capital in Portugal. An update up to 2001

Teixeira, Aurora A. C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2004

an increasingly knowledge based economy and an important lever of social cohesion policy. However, existing studies …

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Is Human Capital a Significant Determinant of Portugal’s FDI Attractiveness?

Tavares, Ana Teresa; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006

-scale survey of firms located in Portugal, and controlling for firms’ structural (i.e. size, age and industry), strategic (R&D and …

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Determinants of Economic Growth and the Role of Human Capital in New Growth Models [in Turkish]

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2005

This paper briefly summarizes and discusses that type of new growth models which are based on externalities created by investments in human capital. ***** TURKCE OZET: Bu makalede, yeni/içsel buyume modellerinin beseri sermayeye dayali turlerini ozetlemekte ve degerlendirmektedir. [Calisma...

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Smart Cities: Explaining the Relationship between City Growth and Human Capital

Shapiro, Jesse M. - EconWPA - 2003

contrasts with the standard argument that human capital generates growth in urban areas solely through local knowledge …

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