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To Be or Not to Be: The Entrepreneur in Neo-Schumpeterian Growth Theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022
); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426454
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Growth, Development, and Technological Change
Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703181
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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects
Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (“strong scale effect”) or the level of per capita income (“weak scale effect”), with far-reaching policy implications. However, for modern times there is little empirical...
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Immigration and innovation
Maré, David C.; Fabling, Richard; Stillman, Steven - 2011
We combine firm-level innovation data with area-level Census data to examine the relationship between local workforce … characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills, and the likelihood of innovation by firms. We examine a range … of innovation outcomes, and test the relationship for selected subgroups of firms. We find a positive relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278328
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Immigration and Innovation
Maré, David C.; Fabling, Richard; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We combine firm-level innovation data with area-level Census data to examine the relationship between local workforce … characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills, and the likelihood of innovation by firms. We examine a range … of innovation outcomes, and test the relationship for selected subgroups of firms. We find a positive relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003954
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Innovation, Wages, and Polarization in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Su, Yaqin; … - 2018
Using data from CHIPS 1995-2013, we find polarization of employment from middle-income Skilled jobs to work in the Unskilled and Self-Employment job categories. This redistribution of employment is consistent with the automation of routine noncognitive tasks in the skilled sector as analyzed in...
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The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership
Boeing, Philipp; Brandt, Loren; Dai, Ruochen; Lim, Kevin; … - 2024
We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance …
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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2004
To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262051
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ICT use in the developing world: an analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries and across developing countries. To identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267851
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Age biased technical and organisational change, training and employment prospects of older workers
Behaghel, Luc; Caroli, Eve; Roger, Muriel - 2011
We analyse the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers. Using a panel of French firms in the late 1990s, we first estimate wage bill share equations for different age groups. Consistently with what is...
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