inventors are more prevalent in the first bulk of patents of a country in a given technology, as compared to patents filed at … later stages. We interpret these results as tangible evidence of migrants facilitating the technology-specific diffusion of …

This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model … where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The … theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries …

implement or they target younger children. We partner text-messaging technology with school information systems to automate the … this technology to send automated text-message alerts to parents about their child's missed assignments, grades and class … increases parent monitoring. Our results show that this type of automated technology can improve student effort relatively …

technology and governments stepping up climate policies in the light of the Paris commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2 … definition of stranded assets also includes countries reliant on fossil fuel exports and workers with technology-specific skills. …

Motivated by the world-wide surge of FinTech lending, we analyze the implications of lenders' information technology …-performing loans during the crisis. Our results suggest that technology adoption in lending can enhance financial stability through the …

We conduct an experiment to understand how enrollment defaults affect the take up and impact of an education technology …% increase in willingness to pay for the technology when shifting implementation to automatic enrollment. …