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Interregional and interurban convergence in knowledge production? : Spatio-temporal changes in US patenting, 1965 - 1997

Sonn, Jung Won (contributor) - 2005

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LSE Evaluation of the Trafford Hall Making Things Happen Capacity Building Programme 1999-2003

Beck, Helen; Richardson, Liz - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

The Trafford Hall Making Things Happen Programme is an innovative and practical‘capacity building’ programme of residential training, linked to follow-up small grants, forsocial housing tenants in England and Wales. It aims to support community volunteers to beinvolved in improving...

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ORGANIZATION AND INEQUALITY IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

We present an equilibrium theory of the organization of work in an economywhere knowledge is an essential input in … designed to use and communicate their knowledge efficiently. Relativeto autarky, organization leads to larger cross … acquire knowledge lead to opposite implicationson wage inequality and organization than reductions in communication costs.[...] …

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The Knowledge Economy at the turn of the Twentieth Century: the Emergence of Hierarchies

Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

The knowledge economy is nothing new. As Chandler’s (1977) classic study documents,improvements in communication …

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OFFSHORING IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Antràs, Pol; Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

How does the formation of cross-country teams affect the organization of workand the structure of wages? To study this question, we propose a theory of theassignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilledagents specialize in production and more skilled agents...

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The Returns to Knowledge Hierarchies

Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas N. - London School of Economics and Political Science; … - 2008

Hierarchies allow individuals to leverage their knowledge through others` time.This mechanism increases productivity … andorganization of U.S. lawyers and use an equilibrium model of knowledge hierarchiesinspired by Garicano and Rossi-Hansberg (2006) to …

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Rules and Reality: Quantifying the Practice of Apprenticeship in Early Modern Europe

Minns, Chris; Wallis, Patrick - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

did not complete their terms of indenture; late arrival and early departure from the master’s household was widespread …

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From Economic Convergence to Convergence in Affluence? Income Growth, Household Expenditure and the Rise of Mass Consumption in Britain and West Germany, 1950-1974

Kramper, Peter - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

The “Golden Age” of post-war European economic growth has witnessedextraordinary changes not only in the economic, but also in the social andcultural outlook of Western European societies. Eric Hobsbawm’s statementthat “[h]istorians of the twentieth century in the third millennium will...

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Mapping Poverty in Agar Town: Economic Conditions Prior to the Development of St. Pancras Station In 1866

Swensen, Steven P. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

In 1866, the Midland Railway Company demolished Agar Town,an area Victorian writers called the foulest slum in London, tomake way for the development of St Pancras railway station.Most Londoners lauded the action. But what kind of tenantsactually inhabited the area before it was destroyed, and...

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Vulnerable Households and Variable Incomes

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Cowell, Frank A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

the dynamics of vulnerable households in the UKusing Waves 1 - 12 of the British Household Panel Study and find that, of … threedifferent types of risks that we test for, household-specific shocks and economy-wideaggregate shocks have the greatest impact …

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