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Boosting productivity via innovation and adoption of new technologies : any role for labor market institutions?
Tressel, Thierry - 2004
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North-south trade-related technology diffusion, brain drain and productivity growth : are small states different?
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those of large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of the brain drain on North-South trade-related technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in small and large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394122
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Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor : lessons from South Indian small-scale fishery
Gine, Xavier - 2005
"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522535
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Knowledge and development : a cross-section approach
Chen, Derek Hung Chiat - 2004
authors find that the stock of human capital, the level of domestic innovation and technological adaptation, and the level of ….15 percentage point. In terms of innovation, the authors find that a 20 percent increase in the annual number of USPTO patents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522968
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Innovation and development around the world, 1960-2000
Lederman, Daniel - 2005
include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation … outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and … of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522426
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Malaysia : Sustainable Adoption of Innovative Channels for Financial Inclusion
World Bank - 2014
This note focuses on the regulatory and market environment relevant to the emergence and adoption of innovative delivery channels to promote greater financial inclusion in Malaysia. Financial inclusion is defined here not only as providing access to financial services, but also as enabling and...
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New product technology, accumulation, and growth
Khan, Faruk A. - 2006
"This paper asks whether new technological capacity for producing and exporting additional products provides incentives for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Using a highly disaggregated data set of each...
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Strategic approaches to science and technology in development
Crawford, Michael Frederick - 2003
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Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
World Bank - 2013
employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill … from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558687
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Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 2. Technical Papers
World Bank - 2013
employment of a firm were used, leading to further questions on whether technological change helps workers - of a certain skill … from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558688