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Empirical Studies of Innovation in the Knowledge Driven Economy

Hall, Bronwyn H; MAIRESSE, Jacques - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

innovation and knowledge management and their impact on performance at the firm level for a number of countries. These studies … have been conducted using data drawn from innovation surveys combined with data from a number of other sources. The issue … illustrates the value of these surveys in improving our understanding of innovation in firms and raises a number of questions for …

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Measuring the Returns to R&D

Hall, Bronwyn H; MAIRESSE, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

We review the econometric literature on measuring the returns to R&D. The theoretical frameworks that have been used are outlined, followed by an extensive discussion of measurement and econometric issues that arise when estimating the models. We then provide a series of tables summarizing the...

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Under the Thumb of History? Political Institutions and the Scope for Action

Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper discusses the two leading views of history and political institutions. For some scholars, institutions are mainly products of historical logic, while for others, accidents, leaders, and decisions have a significant impact. We argue that while there is clear evidence that history...

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Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

Duflo, Esther; Kremer, Michael; Dupas, Pascaline - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

To the extent that students benefit from high-achieving peers, tracking will help strong students and hurt weak ones. However, all students may benefit if tracking allows teachers to present material at a more appropriate level. Lower-achieving pupils are particularly likely to benefit from...

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Growth Strategies

Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

This is an attempt to derive broad, strategic lessons from the diverse experience with economic growth in last fifty years. The paper revolves around two key arguments. One is that neoclassical economic analysis is a lot more flexible than its practitioners in the policy domain have generally...

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Women's Empowerment and Economic Development

Duflo, Esther - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Women's empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two...

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Unconditional Convergence

Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Unlike economies as a whole, manufacturing industries exhibit unconditional convergence in labor productivity. The paper documents this finding for 4-digit manufacturing sectors for a large group of developed and developing countries over the period since 1990. The coefficient of unconditional...

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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...

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Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini; Beaman, Lori A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

We exploit random assignment of gender quotas across Indian village councils to investigate whether having a female chief councillor affects public opinion towards female leaders. Villagers who have never been required to have a female leader prefer male leaders and perceive hypothetical female...

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Second-Best Institutions

Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

The focus of policy reform in developing countries has moved from getting prices right to getting institutions right, and accordingly countries are increasingly being advised to move towards "best-practice" institutions. This paper argues that appropriate institutions for developing countries...

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