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economic activity in the form of higher entrepreneurship. Using administrative census data linked to the complete formal …
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We follow the careers 1981-2004 of 5401 star scientists listed in ISI HighlyCitedSM as most highly cited by their peers. Their number in a US region or a top-25 science and technology (S&T) country significantly increases the probability of firm entry in the S&T field in which they are working....
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Two prominent features of globalization in recent decades are the remarkable increase in trade and in migratory flows …
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primary schooling and literacy revolution in Europe. Under what conditions would we expect the same responses to globalization … in today’s world? This paper argues that modern debates about inequality and schooling responses to globalization …
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Can history shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labor market impact in high wage economies? This paper examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the effects of...
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student flows, business travel, and tourism. Despite its peripheral status in debates over globalization, the movement of …
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The rules governing trade and capital flows have been at the center of controversy as globalization has proceeded. One … market. Changes in trade policy have had modest impacts on labour market. Other aspects of globalization -- immigration …
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The aim of the paper is to see whether individuals' attitudes towards globalization are consistent with the predictions …-skilled is associated with more pro-globalization attitudes in rich countries; while in some of the very poorest countries in the … sample being high-skilled has a negative (if statistically insignificant) impact on pro-globalization sentiment. More …
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The world has seen two globalization booms over the past two centuries, and one bust. The first global century ended … globalization on commodity price structure, the causes of protection, the impact of world migration on poverty eradication, and the …
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This paper directs attention at the globalization of knowledge and knowledge creation as the fundamental global driver … of economic outcomes in today's information economy. It documents the globalization of knowledge and spread of scientific … the key component in productivity and growth, its spread and creation is the one ring of globalization that rules the more …
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