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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721628
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646291
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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 contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering’ for higher education institutions, or in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity: Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959720
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
Greif, Avner; Iyigun, Murat; Sasson, Diego - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
-level risk-taking in pursuing productivity-enhancing activities including using and developing new knowledge. Individual … previous growth-theoretic models to highlight that transitions can transpire even in the absence of exogenous productivity … consequences encouraged productivity-enhancing risk-taking. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008926963
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Industry-Wide Work Rules and Productivity: Evidence from Argentine Union Contract Data
Lamarche, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796449
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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822371
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Female Brain Drains and Women's Rights Gaps: A Gravity Model Analysis of Bilateral Migration Flows
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we model the migration decisions of high-skilled women as a function of the benefits associated with moving from an origin with relatively low women's rights to a destination with a relatively high level of women's rights. However, the costs faced by women are decreasing in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884165