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The Next Wave of Energy Innovation : Which Technologies? Which Skills?

Popp, David; Vona, Francesco; Gregoire-Zawilski, Myriam; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

net zero goals are to be met, developing complementary technologies and skills will be a necessary part of the next wave … integration of intermittent renewables, and human capital, to develop the skills workers need for a low-carbon economy. We … we show how a task approach to labor informs policy and research on the worker skills needed for the energy transition …

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Determinants of growth and convergence in a growing economy with heterogeneous entrepreneurs

Dohse, Dirk; Ott, Ingrid - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

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 … show that it is not only the absolute skill level but also the aggregate distribution of different skills that drives …

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The Gender Gap in Federal and Private Support for Entrepreneurship

Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2015

The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender …

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Private Investment to Support New Technologies: Quantifying Gender Differences

Gicheva, Dora; Link, Albert N.; Bradley, Samantha R.; … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender …

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Gender and Underrepresented Minority Differences in Research Funding

Cruz Castro, Laura; Ginther, Donna K.; Sanz Menéndez, Luis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This chapter reviews the data and literature on gender, race and ethnicity differences in research funding in the … United States and Europe. The gender gap in research funding has closed at the National Science Foundation and National … definitive conclusions in the face of contradictory evidence on the gender funding gap. We conclude that access to high …

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Socioeconomic Impact of Broadband in Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Zaballos, Antonio García; López-Rivas, Rubén - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Broadband plays a key role in society, impacting GDP, productivity, and employment. In the Latin American and Caribbean region, which is characterized by low broadband penetration costly Internet connection, low usage, and sporadic adoption of mobile technology, a major goal for governments is...

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Análise e trajetória do Programa Centros Vocacionais Tecnológicos no Brasil

Castioni, Remi; Bouskela, Mauricio; Radaelli, Vanderléia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Esta nota técnica trata de uma importante iniciativa implantada pelo governo brasileiro e que visa atender a múltiplos propósitos dada a dimensão territorial do país. O Programa de Implementação e Modernização dos Centros Vocacionais Tecnológicos foi o ponto de partida para que o...

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Innovation Policy for Development: An Overview

Trajtenberg, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

principles for innovation policies, and main levers: skills, incentives, information, finance. This document was presented at the …

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Innovation in Services: The Hard Case for Latin America and the Caribbean

Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American and Caribbean region, although the evidence comes almost exclusively from the manufacturing sector. The dearth of evidence regarding innovation in services is related, at least...

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Innovation Policy for Development: An Overview by Manuel Trajtenberg: Comments

Sanguinetti, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

This presentation comments on Manuel Trajtenberg¿s paper Innovation Policy for Development. The purpose of that paper includes discussing innovation policy guidelines for developing countries and employing the Israeli experience to derive lessons for growth-promoting innovation policies, among...

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