available technology. Our theory suggests that European education policies that favored specialized, vocational education might …In this paper, we develop a model of technology adoption and economic growth in which households optimally obtain … either a concept-based, general' education or a skill-specific, vocational' education. General education is more costly to …

differences defined by technology. In the aggregate time series relative unemployment is defined by educational unemployment … hiring and training response is quicker than the wage response. We also observe in time series that the pace of technology … technology, maturing of the workforce, and growth of international trade reduce unemployment in the longer run. The same …

This paper studies the role of technology in local-government tax collection capacity in the developing world. We first … conduct a new census of all local governments in Ghana to document a strong association between technology use and property … tax billing, collection and enforcement. We then randomize the use of a new revenue collection technology within one large …

technology embodied therein) ages. According to our estimates, the education-distribution of employment depends more strongly on … which "experience"on a technology (proxied by the mean age of the capital stock) enters "non-neutrally." Our specification …

that Japan is not spending much on basic technology development cannot be empirically substantiated from the study of the … technology.The second part of the paper is to show how two countries, one with heavy R&D activities in basic technology (the U ….S.A.)and the other with heavy R&D activities in applied technology(Japan), can compete in the world market with their productivity …

This paper studies the effects of university STEM education on innovation and labor market outcomes by exploiting a … change in enrollment requirements in Italian STEM majors. University-level scientific education had two direct effects on the … required university-level education, but did not focus on patenting …

and technology differences across both goods and production stages. We estimate technology and trade costs via the …

technology was a major part of the government response. The U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) led a major …

In this paper, we extend the growth model to include firm-specific technology capital and use it to assess the gains … from opening to foreign direct investment. A firm's technology capital is its unique know-how from investing in research … and development, brands, and organization capital. What distinguishes technology capital from other forms of capital is …