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Entrepreneurship Capital - Determinants and Impact

Audretsch, David B; Keilbach, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Since the early 1980s, the role and general perception of entrepreneurship and start-up activities has changed drastically. In this paper, we investigate what determines regions’ entrepreneurial behaviour and the impact of it on regional economic performance. We argue that economic knowledge...

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Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance

Audretsch, David B; Keilbach, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

The neoclassical model of the production function, as applied by Robert Solow to build the neoclassical model of growth, linked labour and capital to output. More recently, Romer and others have expanded the model to include measures of knowledge capital. In this Paper we introduce a new factor,...

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British Manufacturing Productivity 1955-1983: Measurement Problems, Oil Shocks and Thatcher Effects

Mendis, Lionel; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

There has been considerable controversy over the apparent slowdown in productivity growth in Britain and in other industrial countries over 1971-80 and the apparent speed up in at least British productivity growth over 1980-83. This paper throws light on these matters by means of an aggregate...

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Daycare Subsidies and Labor Supply in Sweden

Gustafsson, Siv; Stafford, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes the effects of the price and availability of subsidized child care on labor force participation, using data from a Swedish household survey for 1984 in combination with data on...

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The Value of Children and Immigrants in a Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: A Proposal For a Partial Transition to a Funded System

Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

It is shown that the net fiscal externality created by an additional member of a pay-as-you-go-pension system that is endowed with individual accounts equals the gross contributions of this member. In Germany, this equals about 175,000 Deutsche marks. The paper uses this information to design a...

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Purchased Child Care, Optimal Family Size and Mother's Employment

Ermisch, John F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

and purchased child care (e.g. childminders, nannies) for the care and rearing of children. The theoretical model implies …

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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine

Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China's Great Famine on adult health and labor market … adult health, educational attainment and labor supply. The results show that exposure to famine had significant adverse … effects on adult health and work capacity. The magnitude of the effect is negatively correlated with age at the onset of the …

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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …

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Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates and SO2

De Paula, Áureo; Halliday, Timothy J.; Lynham, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Kilauea volcano is the largest stationary source of SO2 pollution in the United States of America. Moreover, the SO2 that the volcano emits eventually forms particulate matter, another major pollutant. We use this exogenous source of pollution variation to estimate the impact of particulate...

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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?

Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

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