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Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
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The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is … technologically advanced innovation. In this paper we find empirical evidence that both effects are at work - multinational … innovation in countries with low EPL. …
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productivity. Education as well as innovation and production require skilled labour as inputs. This and the fact that learning …
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, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …
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This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of ….’s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result of ‘science, technology and innovation’ (STI) and ‘doing, using … innovation and that both STI and DUI-modes of interaction matter. However, it also shows that DUI modes of interaction outside …
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government involvement in the allocation of credit comes at the cost of lower corporate innovation and economic growth. …
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The outcome of technological competition between firms (or countries) depends on the resolution of two forces: the profit incentive and the competitive threat. This is illustrated using a simple duopoly model. This model is then used to analyze two policy issues: subsidizing R & D and...
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effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … a narrow concentrated set of economic activities is more conducive to knowledge spillovers or if diversity, by bringing … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …
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We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
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This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R …&D-intensive industries. The theoretical predictions are tested using UK data on the evolution of competition, concentration, innovation …
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