The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the importance of design - defined as the procedures, choice …' innovation performance. In addition, it specifically analyses whether a firm's size affects the amount spent on design and the … both R&D and design expenditure are used. Results confirm the crucial role of design investment for incremental and radical …

This paper provides some new theoretical speculations and empirical evidence on the relationship between design …, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … design within the firm. Moreover, once controlled for the firm's non-technological innovativeness and other knowledge …

taxi services, much remains to be done. This joint ECMT/IRU study examines factors relating to the design and manufacture …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, uency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … latter we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a …

in sectors which have been less severely hit by the crisis. Focusing on the education sector, it seems that the demand … for education increases because individuals try to circumvent the tight labour market, while the supply of education … early to make a definite statement because the full impact of the crisis on the education sector is still to come. …