We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and … assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into …

The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive …

Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU … investment accounted for almost 30 percent of labor productivity growth in manufacturing. Thus, investments in intangibles that …

increase competitiveness and enable Chinese firms to expand their labor force. On the other hand, new technology might be labor …This paper examines how Science and Technology (S&T) contribute to job creation in the Chinese manufacturing sector … building have placed Science and Technology (S&T) high on the Chinese policy agenda. At the same time, the need for job …

Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S … Chinese small firms is far less explored. This paper aims to examine the role of S&T-based small firms. More precisely, we … examine how much S&T that has been accounted for by small firms and how their S&T intensity differs across industries and …

features. First, effective labor is modeled as the product of a quantity measure - number of employees with a given level of … education - and a quality index, depending on, i.a., demographic characteristics and fields-of-study. Second, low-skilled labor … for four categories of labor, two types of capital and intermediate goods. The empirical application covers 24 industries …

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are important in transmitting technology across national borders. Not only do they … allow for transfer of technology within the firm, but it is also believed that they are important channels for international …

Declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy necessitate a higher labor participation rate among older … to pay attention to the health effects of a longer working life, with rather mixed results thus far. Utilizing panel data … evidence of the health effects of retirement.In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and the …