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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
This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on … native and foreign STEM graduates have statistically significant and economically large effects on innovation. Together these …
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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster
Fallick, Bruce; Fleischman, Charles A.; Rebitzer, James B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
that reduce incentives to invest in new knowledge. Using a formal model of innovation we identify conditions where the … innovation benefits of job-hopping exceed the costs from reduced incentives to invest in human capital. These conditions likely …. Consistent with our model of innovation, we also find that outside of the computer industry, California’s mobility rates are no …
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Regional Determinants of Establishments' Innovation Activities: A Multi-Level Approach
Bellmann, Lutz; Crimmann, Andreas; Evers, Katalin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also … rate and the share of MINT-graduates. The unemployment rate has also for some of the innovation combos a significant effect …. The proportion of MINT-graduates is relevant for the probability of all 4 innovation types simultaneously. …
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Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants
López, Ricardo A; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use disaggregated data on Chilean plants, and the Chilean input-output table to examine the impact of agglomeration spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers, but no evidence of crossindustry spillovers in...
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Unaffordable Housing and Local Employment Growth: Evidence from California Municipalities
Chakrabarti, Ritashree; Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
It is widely believed that unaffordable housing could drive businesses away and thus impede job growth. However, there is little evidence to support this view. This paper presents a simple model to clarify how housing affordability is linked to employment growth and why unaffordable housing...
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Does Regional Training Supply Determine Employees' Training Participation?
Görlitz, Katja; Rzepka, Sylvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees' training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...
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UN Interventions: The Role of Geography
Duque, Juan Carlos; Jetter, Michael; Sosa, Santiago - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper argues that UN military interventions are geographically biased. For every 1,000 kilometers of distance from the three Western permanent UNSC members (France, UK, US), the probability of a UN military intervention decreases by 4 percent. We are able to rule out several alternative...
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The Empirics of Agglomeration Economies
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We propose an integrated framework to discuss the empirical literature on the local determinants of agglomeration effects. We start by presenting the theoretical mechanisms that ground individual and aggregate empirical specifications. We gradually introduce static effects, dynamic effects, and...
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The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States
Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
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Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals
Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio; Caroli, Eve - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We investigate the role of local social pressure in shaping the geographical pattern of firms' firing decisions. Using French linked employer-employee data, we show that social pressure exerted by the local communities where firms' headquarters are located induces CEOs to refrain from dismissing...
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