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We contribute to the literature on the relationship between cognitive abilities and labour market outcomes providing first evidence for Germany. In particular, cross-sectional data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) are used, which include two measures of cognitive ability, one test of...
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We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we employ scores from an ultra-short IQ-test and a set of measures of personality traits, namely...
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knowledge spillovers and shift a location to a higher growth path. -- cultural amenities ; regional economic growth ; human …
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It is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
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and in knowledge-intensive service industries make a larger direct contribution to employment than start-ups affiliated … with other industries. We also find a relatively strong overall effect of new business formation in knowledge …
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highly-developed innovation profiles. Analysis of the prerequisites for knowledge-based growth indicates that transition … eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, in order to identify which countries have established a knowledge-based growth … by the working paper measure up according to traditional innovation input and output indicators. But the major part of …
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Research and development is seen as a key contributor to growth because it generates knowledge, leading to new or … improved products through product innovation, and makes firms more efficient at producing goods through process innovation … relationship between productivity growth, innovation and digital technology adoption plays out is particularly important for the …
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This paper analyzes M&A patterns of R&D projects in the antidiabetics industry. For this purpose, we construct a database with all corporate individual antidiabetics R&D projects over the period 1997 - 2017, and add detailed information on firms' technology dimension using patent information,...
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entries into small-scale industries, like knowledge intensive services, are mostly influenced by changes in the cyclical …
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