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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor); Li, Haizheng (contributor) - 2007
, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577801
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor); Li, Haizheng (contributor) - 2008
, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003735417
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Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations
Abebe, Girum; McMillan, Margaret Stokes; Serafinelli, Michel - 2020
We use a plant level survey to identify interactions between domestic plants and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector. One third of Ethiopian plants are linked to FDI through labor sharing, supply chains and competition. Technology upgrading most commonly occurs as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242922
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Public funding and corporate innovation
Beck, Mathias; Junge, Martin; Kaiser, Ulrich - 2017
, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772302
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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE+I) approach and the advent of AI technologies : evidence from the European regions
D'Alessandro, Francesco; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, … - 2024
In this paper we integrate the insights of the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046050
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor);  … - 2008
into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … innovation. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more in innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652694
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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688861
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Local employment growth in West Germany : a dynamic panel approach
Blien, Uwe (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor);  … - 2005
In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel techniques, we analyse the timing of the impact of diversity and specialisation, as well as of the human capital structure of local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003147314
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Local economic structure and industry development in Germany, 1993 - 2001
Blien, Uwe (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper analyses the impact of dynamic MAR- and Jacobs-externalities on local employment growth in Germany between 1993 and 2001. In order to facilitate a comparison between the neighbouring countries we firstly replicate the study of Combes (2000) on local employment growth in France and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002452347
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Knowledge spillovers, ICT and productivity growth
Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cécilia - 2014
This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374120