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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 … are more dispersed in the Netherlands. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of …

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Altruism to Strangers for our Own Sake: Domestic Effects from Immigration

Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close …-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of productivity is that, in addition to accounting for the filigree composition of human … groups of migrating and local human capital, their interaction and joint impact on local productivity, and (2) to cross …

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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees

Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...

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Capital Market Failure, Adverse Selection and Equity Financing of Higher Education

Jacobs, Bas; Wijnbergen, Sweder J.G. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

We apply theories of capital market failure to ana1yzeoptima1 financing of risky higher education. In the market solution,students can only finance their education through debt. There isunderinvestment in human capita1, because some students with socia1lyprofitable investments in human capita1...

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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation

Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part...

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Comparative Advantage, Relative Wages, and the Accumulation of Human Capital

Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

I apply Ricardo’s principle of comparative advantage to a theory of factor substitutability in a model with a continuum of worker and job types. Highly skilled workers have a comparative advantage in complex jobs. The model satisfies the distance‐dependent elasticity of substitution (DIDES)...

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Wage Dispersion in Russia

Grogan, L.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

,workers' remuneration depends on their individual productivity, which is itself a function ofexperience, education and skill levels, and …

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From Islands to Hubs of Innovation: Connecting Innovative Regions

Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This paper enters the debate on the islands of innovation through the lens of the standard Lucas (1988) growth model. It begins with a review of the theoretical details of the model and of the ensuing main empirical results, which can be identified when estimating such model on a sample of 261...

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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups

Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Roy; Wit, Gerrit de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the …

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Optimal Taxation of Human Capital and Credit Constraints

Jacobs, Bas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

We study optimal linear income taxation in a model with heterogeneous agents where earnings potentials are endogenously determined through human capital accumulation. Agents differ in initial conditions and ability to learn. Capital market imperfections prevent poor agents to invest optimally in...

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