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Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...

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The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...

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RandD, innovation, and Economic Growth; An Empirical Analysis

Ulku, Hulya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper investigates the main postulations of the R&D based growth models that innovation is created in the R …&D sectors and it enables sustainable economic growth, provided that there are constant returns to innovation in terms of R … the period 1981–97. The results suggest a positive relationship between per capita GDP and innovation in both OECD and non …

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Do Technology Shocks Lead to Productivity Slowdowns? Evidence From Patent Data

Christiansen, Lone Engbo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper provides empirical evidence on the response of labor productivity to the arrival of new inventions. The benchmark measure of technological progress is given by data on patent applications in the U.S. over the period 1889-2002. The analysis shows that labor productivity may temporarily...

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The Impact of Research and Development Tax Incentiveson Colombia's Manufacturing Sector; What Difference Do they Make?

Mercer-Blackman, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Do tax incentives for science and technology stimulate additional investment? We use detailed data on applications and acceptances for R&D tax incentives, a special survey, and for the first time, the science and technology module from the 2000-2002 Survey of Manufacturers database in Colombia...

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Treating Intangible Inputs As Investment Goods; The Impacton Canadian GDP

Belhocine, Nazim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper constructs a data set to document firms' expenditures on an identifiable list of intangible items and examines the implications of treating intangible spending as an acquisition of final (investment) goods on GDP growth for Canada. It finds that investment in intangible capital by...

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Productivity Growth, Technological Convergence, RandD, Trade, and Labor Markets; Evidence From the French Manufacturing Sector

Khan, Tehmina S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Total factor productivity (TFP) of 14 manufacturing sectors in France has kept up with that of the United States during 1980-2002 and remained well above that of the United Kingdom. Estimates using a dynamic panel equilibrium correction model indicate that sectors further behind the...

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Relating the Knowledge Production Function to total Factor Productivity; An Endogenous Growth Puzzle

Joutz, Frederick L.; Abdih, Yasser - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

The knowledge production function is central to R&D-based growth models. This paper empirically investigates the knowledge production function and intertemporal spillover effects using cointegration techniques. Time-series evidence suggests there are two long-run cointegrating relationships. The...

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Foreign and Native-Born STEM Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States

Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

native and foreign STEM graduates have statistically significant and economically large effects on innovation. Together these … results suggest that policies that increase the stocks of both foreign and native STEM graduates increase innovation and …

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Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...

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