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Intergenerational mobility, composition of human capital and distance to frontier
Basu, Suajta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
innovating on its own technology level -- innovation being more skilled-intensive than imitation. I develop a growth model based … that there exists a constant level of skilled and unskilled human capital in the imitation-only and innovation-only regimes …. In the imitation-innovation regime stock of skilled human capital rises whereas that of unskilled human capital falls in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109879
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Demographic Trends in Developing Countries: Convergence or Divergence Processes?
Salvini, Maria Silvana; Gabrielli, Giuseppe; Paterno, Anna - Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni … - 2015
Recent years are characterized by both a rise in life expectancy and a further fall in fertility in the developing countries (DCs). These processes coexist with large heterogeneity according to the specific living conditions of countries. The aim of our research is to analyze the trends of...
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The impact of convergence between science and technology on innovation
Lee, Chul; Park, Gunno; Kang, Jina - In: The journal of technology transfer 43 (2018) 2, pp. 522-544
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Convergence of Firm-Level Productivity, Globalisation, Information Technology and Competition: Evidence from France
Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries are narrowly defined. So there is a significant opportunity for the least productive firms to catch up to the most productive. The formers' convergence could therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256474
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Crecimiento y Convergencia Regional en Mexico: 1970-1995
Cabrera-Castellanos, Luis F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This paper studies absolute and conditional convergence (alfa and beta-convergence too,) in Mexico over the period 1970-1995. I use the neoclassical growth model and a cross-section data for empirics. I find evidence of conditional convergence (near at traditional 2% rate) for full period but...
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Impact of International Technological-Knowledge Diffusion on Southern Convergence
Afonso, Oscar; Vasconcelos, Paulo B - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2006
In the standard models of North-South technological-knowledge diffusion, the larger the initial technological-knowledge … empirical findings can be reduced by considering that: (i) the South can only imitate Northern technological knowledge when it …
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The Absorption of Highly-Skilled Immigrants: Israel, 1990-1995
Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and (iii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124392
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Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology, and competition: evidence from France.
Chevalier, P-A.; Lecat, R.; Oulton, N. - Banque de France - 2009
Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries are narrowly defined. So there is a significant opportunity for the least productive firms to catch up to the most productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034725
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 1-2
This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...
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Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology and competition: evidence from France
Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries are narrowly defined. So there is a significant opportunity for the least productive firms to catch up to the most productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744856