the effects of migration on the accumulation of both knowledge and human capital, by invoking endogenous growth theory …

standards in economics around the world been reflected in research performance? How have individual countries fared? Do research … research, the US maintains a dominant position. The main continental European countries, Germany, France, Italy and Spain …

This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a … sample of firms from 87 countries for the period from 1979 to 2018, we document that firm-level investment is negatively … investment proxies, empirical model specifications, and a variety of country-level controls. Further evidence shows that firm …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

seemingly disparate forms of work practices in different parts of the world, we shed light on how participatory work practices …

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …

, there is also a strategic investment motive since a higher technological potential gives domestic firms a competitive … research investments. The over-investment problem turns to an under-investment problem if there are sufficiently strong cross …