This Ph.D. dissertation studies innovation in Germany from 1877 to 1914. The German patents that had survived for at … least ten years are used as a proxy of innovation. The introduction briefly outlines the issues to be investigated. The … distribution of patents across industries and across regions. The second chapter investigates the regional innovation system (RIS …

wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und betonen dabei Humankapital und Unternehmertum. Empirisch wurde gezeigt, dass sich die jordanische … Entwicklungspolitik stark mit diesen Handlungsempfehlungen ?berschneidet. Jordanien f?rdert Humankapital und Unternehmertum durch … Schw?chen Wachstum und Entwicklung m?glich sind, wenn man Wissen und Humankapital f?rdert. Dennoch weist Jordanien viele …

enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China … of 1999 and spring of 2000, demonstrates that education is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. Educational … attainment is an important and significant factor in the lay-off decision-the more education a worker has the better his/ her …

increase the levelof competitiveness. Finally we analyze Serbian agricultural education system and give some instructions for …

In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate … regression methods where the estimated return is obtained as the coefficient ona years of education variable in a log wage … effect on the earnings of an individual from participation in education. Moreover, the size of the effect seems large …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … the education system (by private and public education investments) determines the quality of the human capital stock as … consumption and saving.An efficient tax and transfer system being accompanied by an education system financed in public private …

The first essay examines the allocation of education spending. Human capital investment in early childhood can lead to …, government education spending is allocated disproportionately toward late childhood and young adulthood. The consequences of a … education. Taking as given the higher returns to early investment, the modelshows the current allocation may nonetheless be …