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Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA
Lee, Neil; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow … small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is … first comparative evidence on the link between innovation and inequality in a continental perspective. Using micro data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083831
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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
other factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local ‘social filter’, taking also … into account the geographical component of intervention in transport infrastructure and innovation. The results of the two … filter’, good innovation capacity, both in the region and in neighbouring areas, and a region's capacity to attract migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084543
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Trade in the Triad: How Easy is the Access to Large Markets?
Fontagne, Lionel; Mayer, Thierry; Zignago, Soledad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We identify in this Paper the level of trade integration between the three largest economic powers of the world, often called the Triad: The United States, the EU and Japan. We focus on measuring possible asymmetries in market access between members of the Triad using border effects between each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504710
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R&D, Socio-Economic Conditions and Regional Innovation in the United States
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper looks at the genesis of innovation in the United States from a territorial perspective. The analysis aims to … disentangle the impact of local R&D expenditure from other contextual conditions supportive of the process of innovation …. Particular emphasis is devoted to the role of socio-economic factors and systems of innovation conditions (‘social filter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083285
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Self-employment of rural-to-urban migrants in China
Giulietti, Corrado; Ning, Guangjie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper focuses on the determinants of self-employment among rural to urban migrants in China. Two self-selection mechanisms are analysed: the first relates to the manner in which migrants choose self-employment or paid work based on the potential gains from either type of employment; the...
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Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU
Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration. A sample of 19 European countries observed over the period 1993 to 2008 is used to test the hypothesis that unemployment benefit spending (UBS) is correlated with immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS...
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Economic Growth and Political Integration: Estimating the Benefits from Membership in the European Union Using the Synthetic Counterfactuals Method
Campos, Nauro F; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Moretti, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper presents new estimates of the economic benefits from economic and political integration. Using the synthetic counterfactuals method, we estimate how GDP per capita and labour productivity would have behaved for the countries that joined the European Union (EU) in the 1973, 1980s, 1995...
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What's Holding Back EU Exports to China?
Evenett, Simon J; Fritz, Johannes; Wermelinger, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Access to the fast-growing Chinese economy is prized by policymakers and business people. Concerns that European firms are missing out on the Chinese boom have caused soul-searching in Europe about "competitiveness" and led to accusations of Chinese protectionism. For the first 15 members to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084459
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Welfare regimes and the incentives to work and get educated
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines whether differences in welfare regimes shape the incentives to work and get educated. Using microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals, the results show that welfare regimes make a difference for wages and education. First, people- and household-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854522
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Winners and Losers Under Various Dual Majority Rules for the EU Council of Ministers
Baldwin, Richard; Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper studies some of the many options facing EU leaders when choosing a viable voting system for the EU25+. It provides quantitative estimates of the efficiency and power distributions of the various EU voting schemes that are being considered. It also provides intuition on how various...
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