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This paper uses panel regressions to investigate the effects of innovation policies and framework factors on business R …; the main determinants of innovativeness appear to be the availability of scientists and engineers, research conducted in …
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With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be structural. This paper argues that to increase...
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This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on the cross-country evidence for the OECD countries, but the paper also briefly reviews evidence from labour economics, to clarify where empirical work on education using macro...
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liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …
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Increasing productivity growth through innovation is a key to raising living standards. Although R&D intensity in Japan …. The innovation system, which developed during the catchingup process, is largely input-driven and focused on incremental … innovation based on closed and stable corporate and employment systems. However, this approach is less appropriate in the current …
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regulations on innovation. While product and labour market policies usually aim at objectives other than innovation, they may have … positive impact on the innovation performance of a country. Conversely, the relationship between innovation and job protection …
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Iceland is an innovative country, but has untapped innovation potential. Strengthening innovation, especially in the … incentive scheme is generous by international comparison, but take-up has been low and many smaller firms have not been inclined … essential for stronger innovation outcomes. Competition-friendly framework conditions are key to sharpening firms’ incentives to …
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Based on an endogenous growth model, we show that intermediate goods markets imperfections can curb incentives to improve productivity downstream. We confirm such prediction by estimating a model of multifactor productivity growth in which the effects of upstream competition vary with distance...
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This paper aims to shed light on the contribution of health care and other determinants to the health status of the population and to provide evidence on whether or not health care resources are producing similar value for money across OECD countries. First, it discusses the pros and cons of...
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This paper examines the development of Russian industry in comparison with that of Ukrainian industry during 1995 …
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