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The Evolution of the Literature on Technological Change over time: A Survey

Conte, Andrea - 2006

This paper reviews the emergence and evolution of major topics in economics of innovation. Throughout the paper, particular attention is devoted to the analysis of the cumulative aspects and complementarities between di_erent paths of research over time. Moreover, this survey highlights the...

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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry

van Oort, Frank G.; Stam, Erik - 2005

Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations...

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The Determinants and Effects of Environmental Product Innovations - An Analysis on the Basis of Case Studies

Tuerpitz, Katharina - 2003

The aim of the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) is to promote product-related eco-innovations. These, in turn, depend on both support for the development of environmentally-friendly products and stimulation of demand for such products. However, it is companies that play the crucial role in the...

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Are Skill Requirements in the Workplace Rising? Stylized Facts and Evidence on Skill-Biased Technological Change

Spitz, Alexandra - 2004

The present analysis investigates skill requirements in the workplace, measured directly by the task-composition of occupations. It shows that the task composition of occupations has shifted toward analytical and interactive activities and away from manual and cognitive routine activities in...

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Energy Biased Technical Change: A CGE Analysis

Löschel, Andreas; Otto, Vincent M.; Dellink, Rob B. - 2005

This paper studies energy bias in technical change. For this purpose, we develop a computable general equilibrium model that builds on endogenous growth models. The model explicitly captures links between energy, the rate and direction of technical change, and the economy. We derive the...

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Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

Weiss, Matthias; Garloff, Alfred - 2005

In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the evolution of average income and when this is not the case. In the former case, an increase in the productivity of skilled workers and hence their wage leads to an increase in...

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Determinanten des technischen Fortschritts auf Branchenebene: Ein Überblick

Harabi, Najib - 1997

Wirtschaftswachstum von entscheidender Bedeutung ist und quantitativ - je nach Berechnungsart - zwischen 40 % und 60 % (z.B. Schweiz … Wirtschaftswachstum von Land zu Land und von Wirtschaftszweig zu Wirtschaftszweig quantitativ verschieden sind. Es bestehen sowohl … international wie interindustriell beträchtliche Unterschiede im technischen Fortschritt und damit im Wirtschaftswachstum. Es ist …

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Innovations induce asymmetric employment movements

Zwick, Thomas - 1999

This paper provides a labour supply explanation to the observation that in Germany employment changes are asymmetric during the business cycle. Employment increases are slower, because the reservation wage of workers increases in times of job uncertainty. Workers are afraid in those periods of...

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Employment impacts of cleaner production: evidence from a German study using case studies and surveys

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Rennings, Klaus - 1999

The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is presented on the basis of case studies and panel data including a telephone survey in German industry....

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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union

Franz, Wolfgang - 1999

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

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