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. First, there have been many recent calls for the (relatively new) UK R&D subsidy to be extended to other research activities … research councils, universities, and government undertaken work on civil and military R&D. To evaluate these questions we use … data on market sector productivity, R&D and non-R&D intangible assets, and public sector R&D spending. We look for evidence …
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funding on the ratio between innovative sales and innovative expenditures (innovative productivity) is estimated using a … public support with respect to innovative performance. Results show that innovative productivity is negatively affected by …
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(viii) clusters enhance collaboration, patents and productivity. Key problems for economic policy advice are that the …
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Current literature on the impact assessment of government innovation subsidies is mainly empirical driven and lacks an overarching theoretical model to explain the conditions under which government subsidies create positive additionalities on private R&D investment. In this paper, we present a...
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Subsidized research joint ventures (RJVs) between public research institutions and industry have become increasingly … significant effects on value added or labor productivity. We further show that these overall results are primarily driven by firms …
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We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...
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This paper takes advantage of a recent policy experiment in Ukraine's secondary education system to study the effect of stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority studentsメ demand for, as well as opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university...
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I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to identify the returns to four-year college for students on the academic margin of college admission. In addition, I develop a theoretical model of college...
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We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. We find that parental expectations and peer...
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The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education benefits that states do not offer to U.S. citizens. In contrast to this federal law, several states have passed legislation explicitly allowing undocumented immigrants to pay...
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