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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
Borghans, Lex; Cörvers, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and …. While higher education started to grow substantially around 1960, only a few decades later, research and higher education … transformation is most clearly revealed in the change of language used in research from the national language, Latin, German and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565210
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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884082
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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884228
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The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several … research, we analyze the impact of renewable energy development on carbon emission reduction. We estimate a model to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884245
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Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy
Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886132
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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Do Business Groups Help or Hinder Technological Progress in Emerging Markets? Evidence from India
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Zhou, Ying - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Business groups, which are ubiquitous in emerging market economies, balance the advantages of characteristics such as internal capital markets with the disadvantages such as inefficient internal distribution of resources and suppression of technological and other forms of innovativeness. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884118
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
Anukriti, S - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex-selection is easily accessible. This paper investigates whether financial incentives can overcome this trade-off in the context of an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884299
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
Muralidharan, Karthik; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to school. Using data from a large representative household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884322