This paper analyses the growth effects of high levels of human capital at the industry level. By favouring technology adoption, human-capital-intensive industries grow faster compared to less human-capital-intensive industries in regions that have higher levels of human capital. We use data for...

In this paper we estimate a cost function for the English water only sector in order to improve the knowledge of the technological structure of the industry. The analysis of the existence and extent of cost economies might provide useful insights for the regulator and policymakers in terms of...

In this paper we investigate the effect of the restructuring of university studies that took place in Italy after the introduction of the "3+2" reform on student time allocation and performance. We use data from an Economics Faculty and propensity score matching, which allow us to account for...

The aim of this paper is to perform a theoretically-based empirical analysis concerning the impact of demography on economic growth via the accumulation of human capital. Although the direct effects of demographic variables on economic growth have been widely investigated in the economic...