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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2015
of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
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Free to improve? The impact of free school attendance in England
Bertoni, Marco; Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel; Silva, Olmo - 2023
teaching philosophies: one follows a "no excuse" paradigm, while the other one adopts a "classical liberal", knowledge …
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Do Swedish Schools Discriminate against Children with Disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali M.; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), make inquires to Swedish schools about admission for their children to the compulsory...
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Sweden's School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students' and schools' locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504489
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Practice makes voters? Effects of student mock elections on turnout
Öhrvall, Richard; Oskarsson, Sven - 2018
Student mock elections are carried out in schools around the world in an effort to increase political interest and efficacy among students. There is, however, a lack of research on whether mock elections in schools enhance voter turnout in real elections. In this paper, we examine whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145483
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Gender grading bias in junior high school mathematics
Berg, Petter; Palmgren, Ola; Tyrefors, Björn - 2019
Admission to high school in Sweden is based on the final grades from junior high. This paper compares students' final mathematics grade with new data from a high school introductory test score in mathematics. Both the grades and the test are based on the same syllabus, but teachers enjoy great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145488
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Do Swedish Schools Discriminate against Children with Disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), make inquires to Swedish schools about admission for their children to the compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824270
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Sweden's School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
Edmark, Karin - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students' and schools' locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050558
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Practice Makes Voters? : Effects of Student Mock Elections on Turnout
Öhrvall, Richard; Oskarsson, Sven - 2019
Student mock elections are carried out in schools around the world in an effort to increase political interest and efficacy among students. There is, however, a lack of research on whether mock elections in schools enhance voter turnout in real elections.In this paper, we examine whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014109316
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The Importance of Tacit Knowledge : Dynamic Inventor Activity in the Commercialization Phase
Maurseth, Per Botolf - 2020
possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora … (1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the commercialization of a given invention. Tacit knowledge warrants inventor … first phase that matters for profitability. Thus, our interpretation is that tacit knowledge and close cooperation between …
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