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creates a more dynamic and uncertain environment, it not only increases the rewards to education and ability but also enhances … intergenerational propogation of adaptive skills. In contrast, if technological progress is slow during development, the education of …
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of educated people in order to commence production. In such a situation, with education choices being endogenous …, coordination failure can arise in the choice of education. This is because one person's choice depends on whether sufficient other … people are choosing education to allow the advanced sector to commence production. The paper sets out a simple two …
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Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or … - are thus much better than predicted by conventional R&D-based growth theory. …
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Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or … countries - are thus much better than predicted by conventional R&D-based growth theory. …
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In this paper, we analyze the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone?s income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...
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Projected demographic changes in industrialized and developing countries vary in extent and timing but will reduce the share of the population in working age everywhere. Conventional wisdom suggests that this will increase capital intensity with falling rates of return to capital and increasing...
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We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment, applying dynamic inverse probability weighting to account for dynamic selection. We show that the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance....
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We analyze inequality and mobility across generations in a dynastic economy. Nurture, in terms of bequests and the schooling investment into the next generation, is observable but the draw of nature in terms of ability is hidden, stochastic and persistent across generations. We calibrate the...
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This paper studies the diffusion of multiple, related technologies among firms. The results suggest an endogenous acceleration mechanism of technology adoption: The more advanced a firm is in using a particular set of technologies, the more likely it is to adopt additional, related technologies....
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This paper investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in production processes on workplace training practices, using firm-level data from the BIBB establishment panel on training and competence development (2019-2021). The findings reveal that AI adoption reduces the...
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