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Earlier literature on the gender pay gap has taught us that occupations matter and so do firms. However, the role of the firm has received little scrutiny; occupations have most often been coded in a rather aggregate way, lumping together different jobs; and the use of samples of workers...
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Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge …, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this … of knowledge related questions in terms of applicability and alternative approaches has led to the fragmentation of …
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The development of knowledge-intensive business services in recent decades can be interpreted as one of the indicators … of a transformation from an industrial economy into a knowledge-based one. Not only do quantitative measures, whether in … knowledge throughout the economy. This article presents an analysis of the KIBS sector based on a literature review. In the …
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In this paper I look at knowledge systems and the channels of innovation diffusion in Tajikistan. In particular I look … at the formation of the agricultural advisory services as a vital source of knowledge and innovation for farmers during … the transition process. After the end of the Soviet Union and the civil war in Tajikistan, the knowledge available to …
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these issues empirically, based on a harmonized survey of innovation activities of more than 1,800 firms located in Portugal …International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of …
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knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge … considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a …
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We analyse full-time monthly wages of employees with parents born in Sweden and of childhood immigrants who arrived before the end of compulsory school-age. We use a detailed disaggregation of background countries, which shows considerable heterogeneity, in overeducation, in returns to education...
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This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and educational attainment as of 2011 but did not influence...
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