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The importance of tacit knowledge : dynamic inventor activity in the commercialization phase

Maurseth, Per Botolf; Svensson, Roger - 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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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Wealth, health, and child development : evidence from administrative data on Swedish lottery players

Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - 2015

We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large,virtually free of attrition, and allows us to control for the factors - such as the number...

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Rich man's war, poor man's fight? : socioeconomic representativeness in the modern military

Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - 2013

Having a military that is representative of the population is a stated social goal by policy makers. Since the armed forces do not gather data on the family income of recruits, studies on the socioeconomic background have relied on potentially biased geographic data, reaching conflicting...

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Compulsory education and jack-of-all-trades entrepreneurs

Douhan, Robin - 2009

Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper follows Lazear's (2005) Jack-of-all-trades hypothesis according to which an individual with a more balanced set of abilities is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the...

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Intelligence, self-confidence and entrepreneurship

Asoni, Andrea - 2011

I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...

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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019

In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...

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Human capital sorting : the "when" and "who" of sorting of talents to urban regions

Ahlin, Lina; Andersson, Martin; Thulin, Per - 2017

Sorting of high-ability workers is a main source of urban-rural disparities in economic outcomes. Less is known about when such human capital sorting occurs and who it involves. Using data on 15 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on...

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The different returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets

Bastani, Spencer; Karlsson, Kristina; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023

We investigate the returns to cognitive ability in the labor and capital markets. Using population-wide Swedish military enlistment data and administrative tax records, we find that cognitive ability is much better at predicting capital income than labor earnings. The difference is almost a...

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Patent scope and technology choice

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - 2009

This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent's pro t increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …

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