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another country. On the one hand, graduates may seek to obtain the highest return to the knowledge they gained in their home … abroad, or return home to utilize the internationally acquired knowledge in the domestic labour market. In this paper we use …
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We apply theories of capital market failure to ana1yze
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Learning English is a potentially profitable investment for immigrants in the U.S.: while there are initial costs, the subsequent benefits include the ability to communicate with the majority of the population, potentially leading to better paying jobs and economic success in the new country....
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This paper first documents the increase in the time lag with which labor input reacts to output fluctuations ("the labor adjustment lag") that is visible in US data since the mid-1980s. We show that a lagged labor adjustment response is optimal in a setting where there is uncertainty about the...
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We study optimal linear income taxation in a model with heterogeneous agents where earnings potentials are endogenously determined through human capital accumulation. Agents differ in initial conditions and ability to learn. Capital market imperfections prevent poor agents to invest optimally in...
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We analyze how HIV-knowledge influences condom use across the sexes. The empirical work is based on a household survey … questions on knowledge of the existence of HIV, HIV prevention, HIV stigma, intended pregnancy, and risk perceptions of engaging … in unprotected sex. We observe a large HIV knowledge gap between males and females. Moreover, across the sexes different …
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migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …
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creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the … data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …
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Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally …-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth …
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To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer‐employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …
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