growth and convergence of an economy towards the world technology frontier. -- Growth ; skills ; innovation ; selection …We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and … respects. Entrepreneurs in our model dispose of two different skills (technological and systemic skills) and we are able to …

What is the role of startups within the innovation ecosystem? Since 2000, startups have grown in their share of … ventures in the innovation process relative to more traditional alternatives such as academia and established private … generate predictions related to the value and impact of startup innovation. We then explore these predictions using patents …

Entrepreneurs, creators of new firms, are a rare species. Even in innovation-driven economies, only 1-2% of the work … competitiveness of the economy and may establish new jobs. The gains of entrepreneurship are only realized, however, if the business … environment is receptive to innovation. In addition, policymakers need to prepare for the potential job losses that can occur in …

: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor … Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom … migration and innovation at the sectoral level. This allows us to measure the direct contribution of migrants in the sector in …

We use data from a new international dataset - the European Skills and Jobs Survey - to create a unique measure of … skills-displacing technological change (SDT), defined as technological change that may render workers' skills obsolete. We … contribution of automation to the task content and skills complexity of the jobs of incumbent workers. Despite the recent focus on …

Human capital, as reflected in education levels and skills, and innovation is an important engine of economic growth …. The Caribbean is deficient in both: lower than expected GDP growth rates are accompanied by relatively low innovation at … the firm level, and the workforce is characterised by skills deficiencies and educational mismatches. In that regard, this …

the importance of skills for the entrepreneurs who employ those workers, and in particular on their evolution over time … a positive relationship between an individual's potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms … consequence, the entrepreneurship rate falls with income per capita, average firm size and firm size dispersion increase with …