Capital equipment - such as computers and industrial machinery - embodies skill-biased technology, in the sense that it … skill-biased technology. In this paper we develop a tractable quantitative model of international trade in capital goods to …

compare decentralization--where the business unit using the technology makes licensing decisions--to centralized licensing … technology markets favors centralization and drives higher licensing rates. Our model conforms to the existing evidence that …

these shortcomings by focusing on technological learning-by-doing: the notion that it takes workers time using a technology …

, technology, and geography, and that none of these alone is sufficient to account for the diverse patterns of global growth. We …

-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This chapter summarizes this research. We argue …