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Firm-Level Human Capital and Innovation : Evidence from China
Sun, Xiuli - 2017
Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms' innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960108
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A Model of Total Factor Productivity Built on Hayek’s View of Knowledge: What Really Went Wrong with Socialist Planned Economies?
Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Because Hayek’s view goes beyond the Walrasian framework, his descriptive arguments on socialist planned economies are prone to be misunderstood. This paper clarifies Hayek’s arguments by using them as a basis to construct a model of total factor productivity. The model shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855541
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A selection analysis on education returns in China
Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper estimates the economic returns to education in China from 1989 to 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) dataset. We find that education returns for one additional year generally increase from 2.6% in 1989 to 7.9% in 2009. Education returns, however, may reflect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258797
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Firm Response to Competitive Shocks : Evidence from China's Minimum Wage Policy
Hau, Harald - 2017
The large regional variation in minimum wage levels in the period 2002-08 in China implies that Chinese manufacturing firms experienced competitive shocks as a function of firm location and their low-wage employment share. We find that minimum wage hikes accelerate the input substitution from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947448
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040690
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Looking East, looking West: Penang as a knowledge hub
Gerke, Solvay; Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Penang has always been a focal point, absorbing knowledge (and popular culture) from civilizations to the East and West … the development of Penang as an increasingly important Asian knowledge hub. One of the highlighted results of our paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328144
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What affects the innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in China?
Xie, Xuemei; Zeng, Saixing; Peng, Junfeng; Tam, Chiming - In: Innovation: organization & management : IOM 15 (2013) 3, pp. 271-286
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226677
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How public demonstration projects affect the emergence of new industries : an empirical study of electric vehicles in China
Zhou, Yuan; Zhang, Hanwei; Ding, Mengyu - In: Innovation: organization & management : IOM 17 (2015) 2, pp. 159-181
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China's innovation system : ten years on
Gu, Shulin; Serger, Sylvia Schwaag; Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - In: Innovation: organization & management : IOM 18 (2016) 4, pp. 441-448
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619687
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China's innovation challenge
Cao, Cong; Simon, Denis Fred; Suttmeier, Richard P. - In: Innovation: organization & management : IOM 11 (2009) 2, pp. 253-259
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