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Globalization and Strategic Research Investments

Bohnstedt, Anna; Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...

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What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?

Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … important. Knowledge about the economy ranks somewhere in between. …

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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception

Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …

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(Lack of) Pension Knowledge

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene; Whelan, Brendan J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

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Employer's Information and Promotion-Seeking Activities

Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

the employer's knowledge (information) regarding the employees' productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers …

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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting others; and it may either reduce or increase the proportion of knowledge … workers in employment. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of human capital …-quality one. People differ in their exogenous ability and ability is complementary with the quality of the knowledge input in the …

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