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Canadian Inequality: Recent Development and Policy Options

Fortin, Nicole M.; Green, David A.; Lemieux, Thomas; … - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012

Considerable concern has recently been expressed about growing income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has been in general terms and focused on the U.S. experience. To understand whether and how Canada ought to respond to this development, we need to be clear on the facts. This paper...

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Ability, Parental Valuation of Education and the High School Dropout Decision

Foley, Kelly; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Green, David A. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010

We use a large, rich Canadian micro-level dataset to examine the channels through which family socio-economic status and unobservable characteristics affect children's decisions to drop out of high school. First, we document the strength of observable socio-economic factors: our data suggest...

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Ageing and Literacy Skills: Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States

Green, David A.; Riddell, W. Craig - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012

We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. â€“ countries that represent a wide range of literacy outcomes -- using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a weak negative partial...

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Innovation Networks of High Tech SMES: Creation of Knowledge but no Creation of Value

Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

technology SMEs. Innovation net- works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation …This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and process innovation and sales growth of high …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …

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Employment Growth of New Firms

Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...

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The role of R&D in new firm growth

Stam, Erik; Wennberg, Karl - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

of inter-firm alliances in the first post-entry years. R&D efforts enable the exploitation of external knowledge. Initial … high growth firms, which are key in innovation and entrepreneurship policies. …

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