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characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the …
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Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge …
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SOEP Innovation Sample to analyze short-run and long-run expectations of households in three different domains: stock …
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Wage growth occurs almost exclusively in full-time work, whereas it is close to zero in part-time work. German women, when asked to predict their own potential wage outcomes, show severely biased expectations with strong over-optimism about the returns to part-time experience. We estimate a...
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Individuals vary considerably in how much they earn during their lifetimes. We study how the tax-and-transfer system o sets inequalities in lifetime earnings, which would otherwise translate into differences in living standards. Based on a life-cycle model, we find that redistribution by taxes...
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or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …
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In this paper we present a life-cycle model with human capital investment during working life through training and provide a novel empirical test of human capital theory. Using a sizable pension reform which shifts the retirement age between two adjacent cohorts by three years, we document...
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knowledge through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program. Our conceptual frameworkassumes the nature of an academic …
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The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …
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This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not...
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