causal effect of human capital on income, net of the innovation channel. …

innovation comes about and the speeds of both invention and diffusion. For much of human history, innovation had been primarily a … mills or the printing press. The mechanisms that account for innovation becoming a routine activity in terms of the …

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

about how business contributes to society. Good firms bring innovation to the marketplace, which facilitates their growth … while delivering important benefits to society. Steady economic growth generated through innovation plays a major role in … goods and services to consumers, particularly those at the base of the pyramid. Through innovation and growth firms can do …

technical and a pecuniary externality resulting from the innovation process may generate multiple equilibria. Redistribution may …