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An innovation policy framework : bridging the gap between industrial dynamics and growth
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2015
of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472522
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Parental Education and Invention : The Finnish Enigma
Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk; Hyytinen, Ari; … - 2023
Why is invention strongly positively correlated with parental income not only in the US but also in Finland which displays low income inequality and high social mobility? Using data on 1.45M Finnish individuals and their parents, we find that: (i) the positive association between parental income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255610
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Decomposing international gender test score differences
Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 12, pp. 1-17
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the distribution of talents. Our decomposition shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147251
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Decomposing international gender test score differences
Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2018
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the distribution of talents. Our decomposition shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869035
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Unleashing Society's Innovative Capacity : An Integrated Policy Framework
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024
1. The Challenge -- 2. Theories of Growth, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship -- 3. Promoting Entrepreneurship and … Innovation—The Institutional Framework -- 4. Policies to Stimulate Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- 5. Tax Policy to Stimulate … Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- 6. Conclusions: A Framework for Innovation Policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429000
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Job creation and job destruction in a regulated labor market : the case of Austria
Stiglbauer, Alfred; Stahl, Florian; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2002
We study Austrian job reallocation in the period of 1978 to 1998, using a large administrative dataset where we correct for "spurious" entries and exits of firms. We find that on average 9 out of 100 randomly selected jobs were created within the last year, and that about 9 out of randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412464
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Job creation and job destruction in a regulated labor market : the case of Austria
Stiglbauer, Alfred; Stahl, Florian; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2002
We study Austrian job reallocation in the period of 1978 to 1998, using a large administrative dataset where we correct for "spurious" entries and exits of firms. We find that on average 9 out of 100 randomly selected jobs were created within the last year, and that about 9 out of randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750236
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether this correlation is driven by a causal effect, we exploit idiosyncratic variation in the extent of sexual integration in fathers' workplaces: Fathers who encounter more women in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486016
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether this correlation is driven by a causal effect, we exploit idiosyncratic variation in the extent of sexual integration in fathers' workplaces: Fathers who encounter more women in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472164
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How does parental divorce affect children's long-term outcomes?
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2016
Numerous papers report a negative association between parental divorce and child outcomes. To provide evidence whether this correlation is driven by a causal effect, we exploit idiosyncratic variation in the extent of sexual integration in fathers' workplaces: Fathers who encounter more women in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473714