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Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2015

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

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Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector

Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265664

E-Learning Engagement Gap during School Closures: Differences by Academic Performance

Amer-Mestre, Josep; Ayarza-Astigarraga, Alaitz; Lopes, … - 2021

We study the impact of COVID-19 school closures on differences in online learning usage by regional academic … academic performance increased their searches for e-learning tools more than higher-performing regions. Analysing school … less e-learning tools than higher performing ones. These two findings suggest that the COVID-19 shock widened the e-learning …

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Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

investigate where inequality is greatest, the association between inequality in learning and average levels of learning, the …

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Explaining rising returns to education in urban China in the 1990s

Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - 2010

Although theory predicts that international trade will decrease the relative demand for skilled workers in relatively skill-deficit countries, in recent decades many developing countries have experienced rising wage premiums for skilled workers. We examines this puzzle by quantifying the...

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Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988 - 2008: Evidence from quantile analysis

Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2012

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality from 1988 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2008 largely due to changes in the wage structure. The analysis...

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Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis

Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s

Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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The Race against the Robots and the Fallacy of the Giant Cheesecake: Immediate and Imagined Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

Naudé, Wim - 2019

'Singularity' are imminent. In part, this is because current AI, based on deep learning, is expensive and difficult for (especially …

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The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand

Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2019

Artificial Intelligence is set to influence every aspect of our lives, not least the way production is organized. AI, as a technology platform, can automate tasks previously performed by labor or create new tasks and activities in which humans can be productively employed. Recent technological...

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