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International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set
Kim, Jinyoung; Marschke, Gerald Roger Marschke, Jr.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
We describe the construction of a panel data set from the U.S. patent data that contains measures of inventors' life …-cycle R&D productivity--patents and patent citations. We match the data set to information on the U.S. pharmaceutical and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830459
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Communitywide Database Designs for Tracking Innovation Impact: COMETS, STARS and Nanobank
Zucker, Lynne; Darby, Michael R.; Fong, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Data availability is arguably the greatest impediment to advancing the science of science and innovation policy and … very flexible sources of data for serious research on many issues in the study of organizations in innovation systems in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294555
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The Influence of University Research on Industrial Innovation
Kim, Jinyoung; Marschke, Gerald Roger Marschke, Jr.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
We use U.S. patent records to examine the role of research personnel as a pathway for the diffusion of ideas from … university to industry. Appearing on a patent assigned to a university is evidence that an inventor has been exposed to … industry's use of inventors with university research experience over the period 1985-97, economy wide and in the pharmaceutical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710756
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Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240567
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Institutions, Human Capital and Development
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Gallego, Francisco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In this paper we revisit the relationship between institutions, human capital and development. We argue that empirical models that treat institutions and human capital as exogenous are misspecified both because of the usual omitted variable bias problems and because of differential measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152527
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We present new data documenting medieval Europe's "Commercial Revolution'' using information on the establishment of markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic activity, examining the foundation of Germany's first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227904
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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone
Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by date of birth and the variation in resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227910
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric; Woessmann, Ludger; Link, Susanne - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372440
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School Resources and Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature from 1990 to 2010
Glewwe, Paul William; Hanushek, Eric; Humpage, Sarah D.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Developing countries spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year on schools, educational materials and teachers, but relatively little is known about how effective these expenditures are at increasing students' years of completed schooling and, more importantly, the skills that they learn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353484
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Credit Constraints and the Racial Gap in Post-Secondary Education in South Africa
Leibbrandt, Murray; Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of high school household income and scholastic ability on post-secondary enrollment in South Africa. Using longitudinal data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), we analyze the large racial gaps in the proportion of high school graduates who enroll in university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796658