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The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lynch, Lisa M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
States during the 1990’s, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments in organizational innovation. Past profits tend to be positively associated with organizational innovation. Employers … being part of a multi-establishment firm) are more likely to invest in organizational innovation. Investments in human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703412
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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Peter, Klara Sabirianova - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill–favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703457
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The "Task Approach" to Labor Markets: An Overview
Autor, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace "tasks" between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered employment polarization – that is, rising employment in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648184
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Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884235
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959806
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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to product innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959824
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762372
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Declining Fertility and Economic Well-Being: Do Education and Health Ride to the Rescue?
Prettner, Klaus; Bloom, David E.; Strulik, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
It is widely argued that declining fertility slows the pace of economic growth in industrialized countries through its negative effect on labor supply. There are, however, theoretical arguments suggesting that the effect of falling fertility on effective labor supply can be offset by associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279243
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China
Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled labor acquired before economic reforms began. As development proceeded, the demand for high skilled labor has grown, and, in the past decade, China has made substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279336
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
step forward occurring following Deng Xiaoping’s “South Trip” in 1992. We find that FDI had much larger effect on TFP …, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822282