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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States
Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
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Sweden’s School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students’ and schools’ locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This...
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Pitfalls in the Measurement of the Return to Education: An Assessment Using Swedish Data
Kazamaki Ottersten, Eugenia; Mellander, Erik; Meyerson, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994
No abstract.
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The Creation of the EC Internal Market and Its Effects on the Competitiveness of Producers in Other Industrial Economies
Eliasson, Gunnar; Lundberg, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818474
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How learning a musical instrument affects the development of skills
Hille, Adrian; Schupp, Jürgen - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
Previous research does not teach us much about the role of music for skill development. Learning a musical instrument during childhood may affect educational opportunities by improving cognitive skills, teaching non-cognitive skills or sending positive signals to school teachers. Our study is...
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A weighty issue revisited: the dynamic effect of body weight on earnings and satisfaction in Germany
Kropfhäußer, Frieder; Sunder, Marco - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
We estimate the effect of changes in the body mass index on wages and satisfaction in a panel of German employees. Dynamic models indicate that satisfaction with life in general and with health are responsive to weight changes, but wages and satisfaction with work are not. These results mainly...
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Long-Lasting Effects of Socialist Education
Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola; Masella, Paolo - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
Political regimes influence the contents of education and the criteria used to select and evaluate students. We study the impact of a socialist education on the likelihood of obtaining a college degree, as well as on several labor market outcomes, by exploiting the reorganization of the school...
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees
Fossen, Frank; Büttner, Tobias - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
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Outsourcing Potentials and International Tradability of Jobs. Evidence from German Micro-Level Data
Koch, Andreas; Brändle, Tobias - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
We analyze the offshorability of jobs using the German Qualifications and Career Survey. The paper differentiates between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of organizational and spatial relocation derived from the...
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