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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerard - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274699
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680898
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Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2013
Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328894
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The shift to services : a review of the literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ?classics?, however (Fisher (1935), Clark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261657
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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
I study a model where Information Technology, while typically increasing overall inequality, is likely to harm some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262486
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An empirical model of growth through product innovation
Lentz, Rasmus; Mortensen, Dale T. - 2005
source of productivity growth. The purpose of the paper is to estimate the structure of an equilibrium model of growth … and growth developed by Klette and Kortum (2004). The data set is a panel of Danish firms than includes information on … implications for the aggregate growth rate and the contribution of worker reallocation to it. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267364
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Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884121
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
I study a model where Information Technology, while typically increasing overall inequality, is likely to harm some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762378
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An Empirical Model of Growth Through Product Innovation
Lentz, Rasmus; Mortensen, Dale T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
source of productivity growth. The purpose of the paper is to estimate the structure of an equilibrium model of growth … and growth developed by Klette and Kortum (2004). The data set is a panel of Danish firms than includes information on … implications for the aggregate growth rate and the contribution of worker reallocation to it. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703179