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Kerr, William; Lincoln, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010

This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian...

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The Innovativeness of Foreign Firms in China

Urem, Branka; Alcorta, Ludovico; An, Tongliang - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

relationship with propensity. The analysis is based on innovation survey data on manufacturing firms from Jiangsu province of China …

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Strategic motivations for Sino-Western alliances: a comparativeanalysis of Chinese and Western alliance formation drivers.

Saebi, Tina; Dong, Qinqin - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

This paper compares the key drivers of Sino-foreign alliance formation from the perspective of both Chinese and Western alliance partners. Our results indicate that Chinese companies enter into alliances with Western companies mainly to get accesses to international markets and to develop their...

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FDI and Innovation as Drivers of Export Behaviour: Firm-level Evidence from East Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late … trade and innovation and learning. Technology-based approaches to trade offer a plausible explanation for firm …-level exporting behavior. The econometric results (using probit) confirm the importance of foreign ownership and innovation in …

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The Effects of Market Liberalization on the Relative Earnings of Chinese Women

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

In this paper we first explore the effects of differences in labor market institutions and the degree of market liberalization on the size and composition of gender wages gaps in China's urban labor markets. We use enterprise-ownership type, enterprise age, and workers' methods of finding...

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Enterprise Restructuring and Firm Performance: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Enterprises in Jiangsu Province

Dong, Xiao-yuan; Putterman, Louis; Unel, Bulent - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

We examine the contrast in the experience of ownership reforms between urban SOEs and rural TVEs using a panel of industrial enterprises in Nanjing municipality for the period from 1994 to 2001. Our objectives are twofold. First, we study how the reform program of “grasp the large and let go...

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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...

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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Chinese urban workers are no longer shielded from market forces. They are bearing the brunt of the adjustment costs as enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China's rapidly changing urban labor environment. The...

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The diffusion of environmental innovations: a geographical perspective on lead markets and technology licensing in China

Losacker, Sebastian - 2022

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Regional disparities and innovation : conditions for innovation capacity building in China's 'West'

Heindl, Anna-Barbara - 2020

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