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

Innovation is often seen as carried out by highly educated labor in R&D intensive companies with strong ties to leading … centers of excellence in the scientific world. Seen from this angle innovation is a typical “first world” activity. There is …, however, another way to look at innovation that goes significantly beyond this high-tech picture. In this broader perspective …

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 …

The main aim of this study is to explore the linkages between innovation capacity, business sophistication, and … business sophistication triggers innovation capacity and support macroeconomic stability. Innovation capacity would also need … indicators in the long-run. To the best of our knowledge, the linkage between innovation capacity, business sophistication and …