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Ritzen, Jo - 2012

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

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Can the university save Europe?

Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

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Tapping into Talent : Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth

Akcigit, Ufuk; Pearce, Jeremy; Prato, Marta - 2020

How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … about the links between talent, higher education, and innovation. We use these facts to calibrate the model and study … when combined with higher education policy that alleviates financial frictions for talented youth. Education and innovation …

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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés - 2004

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some … technologies, such as ICT and biotechnology, as innovation activities continue to focus on sectors, such as machinery and …

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Policy drivers of human capital in the OECD's quantification of structural reforms

Égert, Balázs; Botev, Jarmila; Turner, David - 2019

This paper uses a new measure of human capital that works much better in explaining productivity in OECD countries compared to earlier measures of human capital to investigate the educational policy drivers of human capital. A novel methodology is utilised by interacting educational policies,...

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Global challenges in the economics of education : basic skills, natural disasters, and civic engagement

Gust, Sarah - 2025

Sarah Gust führte diese Studie während ihrer Tätigkeit am ifo Institut durch. Die Studie wurde im September 2024 abgeschlossen und als Dissertation an der Volkswirtschaftlichen Fakultät der LMU München angenommen. Sie besteht aus drei eigenständigen empirischen Essays, die...

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Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity

Maravalle, Alessandro - 2023

Education and training are a high priority for Costa Rica that devotes to them more than 6.5% of GDP, one of the highest spending shares among OECD countries. However, educational outcomes remain poor and firms struggle to fill their vacancies, particularly in technical and scientific positions,...

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Economic development benefits of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County

Bartik, Timothy J. - 2009

This paper examines the effects of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County on the county’s economic development. Effects on the county’s economic development are defined as effects on the employment and earnings of county residents. The estimated effects are found to be large relative to the...

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Economic Development Benefits of Preschool Expansion in Kalamazoo County

Bartik, Timothy J. - 2015

This paper examines the effects of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County on the county's economic development. Effects on the county's economic development are defined as effects on the employment and earnings of county residents. The estimated effects are found to be large relative to the...

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Middle income trap : a comparison between BRICS countries and Turkey

Ay, Ahmet; Akar, Gökhan; Akar, Tuba - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 2, pp. 279-301

human capital, education and innovation. Although Turkey has significantly proceeded in the growth recently, it is not able … to reach the high income level, because its existing human capital and innovation level do not seem to be enough. In …

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