Similar Search Results

Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, John; Lucking, Brian - 2018

This paper revisits the results of Bloom, Schankerman, and Van Reenen (2013) examining the impact of R&D on the performance of US firms, especially through spillovers. We extend their analysis to include an additional 15 years of data through 2015, and update the measures of firms' interactions...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895827

Measuring the Commercial Potential of Science

Masclans, Roger; Hasan, Sharique; Cohen, Wesley M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper uses a large language model to develop an ex-ante measure of the commercial potential of scientific findings. In addition to validating the measure against the typical holdout sample, we validate it externally against 1.) the progression of scientific findings through a major...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512116

Historical Differences in Female-Owned Manufacturing Establishments : The United States, 1850-1880

Gozen, Ruveyda; Hornbeck, Richard; Humlum, Anders; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We characterize female-owned manufacturing establishments using newly digitized manuscripts from the US Census of Manufactures (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880). Female-owned establishments were smaller than male-owned establishments and had lower capital-to-output ratios, which could reflect...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576604

Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrading : Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry

Bai, Jie - 2020

While there is a vast body of research on the benefits of FDI in developing countries, whether and how the form of FDI matters have received limited attention. In this paper, we study the impact of FDI via quid pro quo (technology for market access) on facilitating knowledge spillover and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481192

Finishing Degrees and Finding Jobs : U.S. Higher Education and the Flow of Foreign IT Workers

Bound, John - 2014

the U.S. Many workers from abroad, including countries like India and China where wages in IT fields lag those in the U …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458162

To the New World and Back Again : Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration

Abramitzky, Ran - 2016

We compile large datasets from Norwegian and US historical censuses to study return migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913). Return migrants were somewhat negatively selected from the migrant pool: Norwegian immigrants who returned to Norway held slightly lower-paid occupations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456021

Measuring Changes in the Bilateral Technology Gaps between China, India and the U.S. 1979 - 2008

Shen, Keting - 2015

Popular literature suggests a rapid narrowing of the technology gap between China and the U.S. based on large … (especially in sciences) in China in recent years. Little literature attempts to measure the technology gap directly using … the later reflect both differing factor endowments and technology parameters. This paper assesses changes in China …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457012

The IT Revolution and the Globalization of R&D

Branstetter, Lee G. - 2018

markets. One of the distinguishing features of the R&D globalization phenomenon is its concentration within the software … three important phenomena: (1) the globalization of R&D, (2) the growing importance of software and IT to firm innovation … large quantities of STEM workers who possessed IT and software skills. Our findings support the view that the globalization …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453013

The Acquisition and Commercialization of Invention in American Manufacturing : Incidence and Impact

Arora, Ashish - 2014

Recent accounts suggest the development and commercialization of invention has become more "open." Greater division of labor between inventors and innovators can enhance social welfare through gains from trade and greater economies of specialization. Moreover, this extensive reliance upon...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458402

Estimating the Gains from Trade in the Market for Innovation : Evidence from the Transfer of Patents

Serrano, Carlos J. - 2011

The "market for innovation" -- the sale and licensing of patents -- is an often discussed source of incentives to invest in R&D. This article presents and estimates a model of the transfer and renewal of patents that, under some assumptions, allows us to quantify the gains resulting from the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461353