or complements. Complementarity/substitutability hinges on whether countries share the same technology, and the pivotal … question is whether or not technology is convex. Generally, under substitutability between trade and migration and with convex … technology, globalization tends to lead to convergence. Moreover, under non-convex technology trade and migration tend to be …

them for the case of migration to Germany from 86 Asian and African countries from 1981 to 1995. The results confirm the …

easing entrepreneurial investments for credit-constrained individuals whose investment possibilities depend on their income … entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits …-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …

We estimate the effects of technology investments on the demand for skilled workers using longitudinally integrated … unobservable components within each business for each year from 1992 to 1997. We measure technology using variables from the Annual … between advanced technology and skill in a cross-sectional analysis of businesses in both sectors. The more comprehensive …

observed medical technologies by country. Our second set of regressions proxy technology using a spatial process. The paper …, its short-run adjustments do not seem to have an impact on health care productivity. Spatial spill overs in life … expectancy are significant and point to the existence of interdependence across countries in technology adoption. Furthermore …

productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying … of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical …

privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier …