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First generation elite : the role of school networks

Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2022

Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure to high school peers from elite educated families (‘elite peers’) plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using register data on ten cohorts of high school students...

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First generation elite : the role of school networks

Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2023

High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite educated parents than their elite counterparts in Norway. We show this difference in social capital is a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite education. We identify a positive elite...

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FDI spillover effects on innovation activities of knowledge-using and knowledge-creating firms : evidence from an emerging economy

Vujanović, Nina; Hoshi, Iraj; Hisarciklilar, Mehtap; … - 2022

among firms that undertake innovation through knowledge use rather than through knowledge generation. …The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been … suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely …

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Securing knowledge assets in the early phase of innovation

Herlau, Henrik (contributor); Tetzschner, Helge (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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(Re-)sources of innovation : understanding and comparing innovation dynamics through the lens of communities of practice

Müller, Felix C.; Ibert, Oliver - 2014

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Education, reputation or network? : evidence from Italy on migrant workers employability

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Mancinelli, Susanna; Ponti, Giovanni - 2009

The strong adverse selection that immigrants face in hosting labour markets may induce them to adopt some behaviours or signals to modify employers' beliefs. Relevant mechanisms for reaching this purpose are personal reputation; exploiting ethnic networks deeply-rooted in the hosting country;...

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Does social capital create trust? : evidence from a community of entrepreneurs

Sabatini, Fabio - 2009

), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political …

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Occupational trajectories among refugees in Austria : the role of co-ethnic and austrian social networks in job search

Leitner, Sandra M. - 2023

This paper analyses occupational trajectories of refugees from their last job in the home country to their first and current jobs in Austria and the role of co-ethnic and Austrian social networks in job search, using data from a large-scale survey of recognised refugees from Syria, Afghanistan,...

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Knowledge for development : the IDB's impact in the region

Avellán, Leopoldo; Calderón, Claudia; Lotti, Giulia; … - 2021

extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB …

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Adjusting to a new technology : experience and training

Helpman, Elhanan; Rangel, Antonio - 1998

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