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Do undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?
Becker, William E.; Greene, William H.; Siegfried, John J. - 2010
Regression analysis using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 14 years suggests that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty...
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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? : research grants vs. publication output
Gralka, Sabine; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2018
An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research output in the empirical analysis. While several studies chose to use the number of publications, others rely on the overall amount of research grants. The present study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853185
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Sitting next to a dropout : academic success of students with more educated peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first-time students' success...
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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Labor supply and automation innovation
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020
supply on automation innovation by exploiting an immigrant placement policy in Germany during the 1990s and 2000s. Difference …-in-differences estimates indicate that one additional worker per 1,000 manual and unskilled workers reduces automation innovation by 0 …-skilled workers. Labor market tightness and external demand are plausible mechanisms for the labor-innovation nexus. …
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The role of human capital and innovation in Prussian economic development
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2013
causal effect of human capital on income, net of the innovation channel. …
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Demographic structure and macroeconomic trends
Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2016
workers contribute positively. We propose a theoretical model, highlighting the relationship between demographics, innovation …
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Venture capital backed growth
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2002
The paper proposes a simple equilibrium model of venture capital, entrepreneurship and innovation. Venture capitalists … productive and active VC industry boosts innovation driven growth. …
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Growth effects of non proprietary innovation
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds out proprietary innovation which on net may reduce total innovation … in the long run. These effects would be reinforced if philanthropical innovation diverted people from other productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409970
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Cumulative innovation, growth and welfare-improving patent policy
Chor, Davin; Lai, Edwin L.-C. - 2013
We construct a tractable general equilibrium model of cumulative innovation and growth, in which new ideas strictly … the rate of innovation, as well as a separate optimal required inventive step that maximizes welfare, with the former …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189836