Higher education and economic competitiveness / Jason E. Lane -- The diversity of university economic development activities and issues of impact measurement / Thomas Gais and David Wright -- Pitfalls of traditional measures of higher education's role in economic development / Peter McHenry,...

The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, among others, added two years in secondary education thereby delaying entry into higher education by two years. This was expected to displace teaching and non-teaching personnel in higher education. To mitigate the impact, the law mandated the Commission...

This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM...

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