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Innovation, R&D and Productivity in the Costa Rican ICT Sector: A Case Study
Monges-Gonzalez, Ricardo; Hewitt, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504580
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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer; Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005823001
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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the unemployment rate was at least double the western rate of 7.8%. One would expect that if capital flows and trade in goods failed to bring convergence, labor flows would respond,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703144
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Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357896
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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522419
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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on … employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741901
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Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Alvarez, Juan A.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653224
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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more likely than non-victims to bribe public officials. Misfortune increases victims’ demand for public services, raising bribery indirectly, and also increases victims’ propensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822385
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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care: doubling household consumption increases the bribery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822739
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Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
I study data on bribes actually paid by individuals to public officials, viewing the results through a theoretical lens that considers the implications of trust networks. A bond of trust may permit an implicit quid pro quo to substitute for a bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822899