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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

classified as either support for process innovation or support for product innovation. Although these types of programs do not … difference in differences were combined. The study found that by supporting both process and product innovation … product innovation activities. …

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Does Technology in Schools Affect Repetition, Dropout and Enrollment? Evidence from Peru

Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Cristia, Julian; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an open question because of the limited evidence available. This paper contributes to filling that...

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Knowledge Spillovers of Innovation Policy through Labor Mobility: An Impact Evaluation of the FONTAR Program in Argentina

Stucchi, Rodolfo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

Although knowledge spillovers are at the core of the innovation policy's justification, they have never been properly …

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Does ICT Increase Years of Education?: Evidence from Peru

Cristia, Julian; Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

A number of empirical studies have measured the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on test scores, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence on the effects of this type of intervention on drop-out and repetition rates, variables that have a direct impact on years of...

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Evaluating the Impact of Cluster Development Programs

Giuliani, Elisa; Maffioli, Alessandro; Pacheco, Manuel; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Do the programs that aim to promote and develop industry clusters (also known as Cluster Development Programs) work? Do they have an impact on enterprise development? This paper offers an insight into the methods that can help answer these fundamental questions through solid quantitative...

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Employment Generation, Firm Size and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence from Argentina

Elejalde, Sheila de; Giuliodori, David; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) was estimated using an IV approach with data from the Innovation Surveys for …This paper provides evidence about the relationship between innovation and employment in Argentina. In particular, it … composition (skilled-unskilled labor) and the impact of different innovation strategies (buy or make) on employment growth, and …

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Productive Development Policies and Innovation Spillovers through Labor Force Mobility: The Case of the Brazilian Innovation Support System

Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo; Júnior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This paper focuses on two research problems. The first is to measure the direct impacts of innovation support measures … in Brazil, and the second is to test the hypothesis of indirect effects of innovation policies on non-beneficiary firms … innovation have different purposes, and sound innovation relies on both types of incentive. …

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Employment Generation, Firm Size and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence from Argentina

Elejalde, Sheila de; Giuliodori, David; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

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