The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …

employment. The share of temporary contracts is positively correlated to employment growth indicating that firms use temporary … high share of temporary employment exhibit acyclical job reallocation while permanent jobs in manufacturing are …

in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the … for higher ability individuals from poorer backgrounds. In addition we estimate the returns to education for those … distinguish its direct effect on earnings from the effect it had by increasing the quantity of education. We find that the main …

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …

The central prediction of the Aghion et al. (2005) model is an inverted U-shaped relation between innovation and …-sector firms. However, non-exporting service firms deviate from the overall pattern. A more detailed breakdown of innovation … capacity to handle innovation projects internally and as competition increases, so does the payoff of an edge to competitors. …