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Technology, innovation, and firm competitiveness : firm level analysis in Cambodia

Hing Vutha; Shandre Mugan Thangavelu; Kong, Ratha - 2023

The paper examines the innovation and competitiveness of firms, especially with regard to the channels of technology … transfer and the nature of innovation activities that influence firm performance in the Cambodian economy. Despite the growing … importance of innovation, there has been no empirical analysis of the factors affecting technological and innovative development …

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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands

Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2013

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to pro duct innovation …

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Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies

Su, Dan; Yao, Yang - 2016

This paper revisits the role of the manufacturing sector during the middle-income stage. By exploiting a large dataset that covers internationally comparable sectoral information, we prove that the manufacturing sector is imbued with three important characteristics. First, for middle-income...

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Optimal Linear Income Taxation and Education Subsidies under Skill-Biased Technical Change

Jacobs, Bas; Thuemmel, Uwe - 2020

This paper studies how linear tax and education policy should optimally respond to skill-biased technical change (SBTC). SBTC affects optimal taxes and subsidies by changing i) direct distributional benefits, ii) indirect redistributional effects due to wage-(de)compression, and iii) education...

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Is there a size-induced market failure in skills training?

Vandenberg, Paul; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016

A skilled and educated workforce can support the competitiveness of enterprises of all sizes. However, smaller firms may face greater challenges in developing human capital. We explore differences between smaller and larger firms in offering skills training and in hiring workers with more formal...

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The effects of mental health interventions on labor market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Lund, Crick; Orkin, Kate; Witte, Marc; Walker, John; … - 2024

Mental health conditions are prevalent but rarely treated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Little is known about how these conditions affect economic participation. This paper shows that treating mental health conditions substantially improves recipients' capacity to work in these...

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