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Migration, knowledge diffusion and the comparative advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
Do migrants shape the dynamic comparative advantage of their sending and receiving countries? To answer this question we study the drivers of knowledge diffusion by looking at the dynamics of the export basket of countries, with particular focus on migration. The fact that knowledge diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454004
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A firm scientific community: industry participation and knowledge diffusion
Baruffaldi, Stefano Horst; Poege, Felix - 2020
We study the diffusion of knowledge from scientists to firms within scientific communities. We build on a unique dataset on conference proceedings as "paper trail" of almost all relevant conference series in computer science since 1996. More than 5000 firms appear as conference sponsors or as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242837
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Business visits, knowledge diffusion and productivity
Piva, Mariacristina; Tani, Massimiliano; Vivarelli, Marco - 2016
The aim of this paper is to investigate the productivity impact of business visits, relative to traditional drivers of productivity enhancement, namely capital formation and R&D. To carry out the analysis, we combine unique and novel data on business visits sourced from the U.S. National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595161
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Clans, guilds, and markets : apprenticeship institutions and growth in the pre-industrial economy
De la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias; Mokyr, Joel - 2016
In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of other world regions … explain the rise of Europe relative to regions that relied on the transmission of knowledge within extended families or clans. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455581
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New technologies and jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Silva, António Dias da; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2023
software in 16 European countries over the period 2011-2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290387
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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+I) with Schumpeter's idea that innovative entrepreneurs creatively apply available local knowledge, possibly mediated by Marshallian, Jacobian and Porter spillovers. In more detail,...
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China's latent human capital investment : achieving milestones and competing for the top
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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The persistent effect of famine on present-day China: evidence from the billionaires
Sur, Pramod Kumar; Sasaki, Masaru - 2021
More than half a century has passed since the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961), and China has transformed from a poor … an adverse effect on wealth, and it is even present among the wealthiest cohort of individuals in present-day China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012513288
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The European crisis and migration to Germany : expectations and the diversion of migration flows
Bertoli, Simone; Brücker, Herbert; Fernández-Huertas … - 2013
The analysis of how the economic crisis in Europe has reshaped migration flows faces two challenges: (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697665
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Micro and macro determinants of health : older immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2014
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463406