We investigate the impact of new work practices and information and communication technologies (ICT) on working … practices. But, the picture is mixed for ICT that seem to make the workplace safer and less risky …

structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades …, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses meta-analysis techniques to … corruption on growth from 41 empirical studies. The main factors explaining the variation in these estimates are whether the … model accounts for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors …

We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education … revise their technology-enhanced teaching competencies (-0.14 standard deviations) and their beliefs about ICT in education …

negative impact of ICT and innovative work practices. However, it does not reduce the age bias associated with these innovative … devices: the interaction terms between training and ICT/innovative work practices are either insignificant or negative. As a … second step, we estimate the impact of ICT, innovative work practices and training on employment flows by age group in the …

Following the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), firms are likely to face increasing skill … requirements. They may react either by training or hiring the new skills, or by a combination of both. We first show that ICT are … that skill upgrading following ICT adoption takes place mostly through internal labour markets adjustments. The …