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We develop measures of labor-saving and labor-augmenting technology exposure using textual analysis of patents and job tasks. Using US administrative data, we show that both measures negatively predict earnings growth of individual incumbent workers. While labor-saving technologies predict...
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Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...
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of innovation and technological change. It is argued that, on the one hand, several genuine properties of innovation … dealing with issues of innovation and technological change is given and the contribution of these studies is discussed …
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modelling the innovation and technology adoption process we are able to match some stylized economic facts such as entry rates …
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Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325207
In this paper we introduce an agent-based model with heterogeneous firms which compare their mutual innovation … innovation categories on micro, meso and macro aggregates. Our findings show that collaborative companies are those having the … innovation policies in increasing macroeconomic performance …
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Technological innovation is a fundamental driver of economic growth and human progress. Yet some critics want to deny … the vast benefits that innovation has bestowed and continues to bestow on mankind. To inform policy discussions and … innovation on economic growth and, more broadly, on living standards and human well-being. The historical record is unambiguous …
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We propose a new measure of the economic importance of each innovation. Our measure uses newly collected data on … suggests that technological innovation accounts for significant medium-run fluctuations in aggregate economic growth and TFP …
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This paper summarizes the results of several research studies conducted by the Micro-economic Analysis Division of Statistics Canada that investigate the impact of advanced technology use on business performance. These studies combine establishment-level survey data on advanced technology...
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using productivity and innovation data but has not directly assessed the effectiveness of R&D policy in promoting innovation …
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