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Farms versus firms in economic development : the assumptions and consequences of learning dynamics in agriculture and mnufacturing
Srinivas, Smita; Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2015
models that connect learning and innovation to growth require closer attention and have important developmental consequences …
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History dependence in the housing market
Bracke, Philippe; Tenreyro, Silvana - 2018
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Technological clusters in Brazilian agriculture : production and challenges
Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2017
marginalized farmers into the technology revolution. From the standpoint of public policy-making, the internal diversity of farming … needs to be a clear policy for increasing technology absorption capacity, which entails making progress in rural extension …
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The impact of digital technologies on worker tasks : do labor policies matter?
Corseuil, Carlos H. L.; Poole, Jennifer P.; Almeida, Rita - 2018
Between 1999 and 2006, Brazilian cities experienced strong growth in the provision of internet services, driven in part … by the privatization of the telecommunications industry. A main concern of policymakers is that digital technology … workforce and fully benefiting from technology adoption. We show that digital technology adoption shifted the demand for skills …
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Measuring China's patent quality : development and validation of ISR indices
Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth - 2019
Because China has become one of the largest applicants of PCT patents, it is of interest to compare the quality of Chinese and non-Chinese applications. We extend a quality index based on internationally comparable citation data from international search reports (ISR) to consider foreign,...
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Measuring the spillovers of venture capital
Schnitzer, Monika; Watzinger, Martin - 2017
We provide the first measurement of knowledge spillovers from venture capital-financed companies onto the patenting activities of other companies. On average, these spillovers are nine times larger than those generated by the R&D investment of established companies. Spillover effects are larger...
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Do judicial assignments matter? : evidence from random case allocation
Ganglmair, Bernhard; Helmers, Christian; Love, Brian J. - 2024
Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection obscures the causal mechanisms that drive these preferences. We overcome this challenge by...
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Adjustments of local labour markets to the COVID-19 crisis : the role of digitalisation and working-from-home
Ben Yahmed, Sarra; Berlingieri, Francesco; Brüll, Eduard - 2022
Employment responses to the COVID-19 crisis differed widely across German local labour markets at the beginning of the pandemic, with differences in short-time work rates of up to 20 percentage points. We show that digital capital, and to a lesser extent working-from-home, were essential for the...
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What's behind multiple institutional affiliations in academia?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia - 2021
Multiple institutional affiliations occur when an academic belongs to more than one organisation. Recent research shows an increase in multiple affiliations, but evidence on roles and motivations is mainly anecdotal. We develop in this study a typology of co-affiliations which identifies four...
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Energy conversion and storage : the value of reversible power-to-gas systems
Glenk, Gunther; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021
fluctuations in electricity prices are as pronounced as currently observed in Texas. We further project that, due to their inherent …
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