This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

or in the knowledge sector, which designs new varieties. It is shown that if the elasticity of labor supply to the … knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a ?Solovian zone? where wages increase with …

or in the knowledge sector, which designs new varieties. It is shown that if the elasticity of labor supply to the … knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with …

or in the knowledge sector, which designs new varieties. It is shown that if the elasticity of labor supply to the … knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …