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argue that developing complementary technologies and skills must feature prominently in the next wave of low-carbon energy … renewables, and human capital, to develop the skills workers need for a low-carbon economy. We document recent trends in energy … informs policy and research on the worker skills needed for the energy transition. …
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We introduce a new task-based framework to describe production. It focuses on the fact that certain tasks are too complex for many workers to perform. In such an environment, the relationship between wages of workers may significantly differ from their relative productivities. The labor market...
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net zero goals are to be met, developing complementary technologies and skills will be a necessary part of the next wave … integration of intermittent renewables, and human capital, to develop the skills workers need for a low-carbon economy. We … we show how a task approach to labor informs policy and research on the worker skills needed for the energy transition …
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In this paper, I examine the effects of China's civil examination system (keju) on modern-day innovation and firm dynamics. Using the variation in the density of jinshi (the highest exam qualification) and using the distance to the printing ingredients (pine and bamboo) as the instrumental...
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This paper examines the association between the outcome of business incubation and the resources used by incubators, by using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms graduating from an STBI is closely correlated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302743
The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change. Different theoretical approaches present in the...
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We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316866
This paper examines the association between the outcome of business incubation and the resources used by incubators, by using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms graduating from an STBI is closely correlated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697474
This paper examines the association between the outcome of business incubation and the resources used by incubators, by using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms graduating from an STBI is closely correlated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009101
We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739171