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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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Education Inequality, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality : Evidence from Indonesia, 1996-2005
Digdowiseiso, Kumba - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143699
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Do Nations Combine O-Rings with Cobb-Douglas? Evidence from agriculture, equipment production, and the informal sector
Oasis, Kodila-Tedika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the size of potential “O-Ring” or “Cobb-Douglas” sectors. We find that that years of schooling are a robust negative predictor of the size of the informal sector, conditioned on national average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258801
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Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Pakistan
Ahmed, Qazi Masood; Hyder, Kalim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The role of productivity in accelerating the pace of economic growth is well recognized in economic literature and this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079326
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Respect, responsibility, and production
Breuer, Janice Boucher; McDermott, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We examine the impact of the values respect for others and responsibility on productivity and the accumulation of … is substantial. Respect for others works primarily through productivity whereas responsibility is important to investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541503
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Dynamics of export market entry and exit
Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Nurmi, Satu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We examine the process of internationalisation of firms, contributing to the knowledge on the factors behind a successful entry and operation in the export markets using duration analysis. Rich longitudinal microlevel data on Finnish manufacturing plants allow an indepth analysis of the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617187
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Education, innovation and economic growth in Cameroon
Edielle, Ngwa; Jackson, T. H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
capital. Theoretically, the stock of knowledge available in a country determines through innovation productivity growth. In … that way, we use a Vector Error Correction model (VECM) to evaluate the impact of human capital on productivity growth …. Productivity is approximated by the Total factors Productivity (TFP) evaluated by growth accounting method. Our estimates show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621943
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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa.
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924835
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Immigration and the Growing Canada-U.S. Productivity Gap
Grady, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the impact of immigration on labour productivity in Canada. Immigration is a factor that has been … largely ignored in the literature on Canadian productivity growth. A simplified growth accounting approach is utilized to … estimate the reduction in labour productivity in Canada (as measured by GDP per worker) that can be attributed to the poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764717
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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa.
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over rising unemployment and depleting per capita income accruing there-from. We look at the issue in this paper from a long run perspective by examining the nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109093