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Non-technological and non-economic innovations : contributions to a theory of robust innovation

Roth, Steffen (contributor) - 2015

Although the label innovation is applied to almost everything, with even the diffusion of innovations to society being … called innovation, innovation research remains focused on bringing technology to the economic market. This dissonance … provoked the central questions discussed at the 2nd International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation (ICICI …

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Krankheitsbedingte Fehlzeiten, Belastungen und Einstellungen zur Erwerbsarbeit im internationalen Vergleich: Zusammenfassende Anmerkungen und ein Blick nach vorne unter sozialpolit...

Jaufmann, Dieter; Pfaff, Martin - 2000

Die aktuellen Debatten über die Zukunft der Arbeit, über Wirtschaftsstandorte und die Rolle des Sozialstaats wird in allen großen Industrienationen mit sehr ähnlichen Argumenten geführt. Stichworte dieser Diskussionen sind unter anderem Fehlzeiten, Arbeitsmoral, Kranken- und Karenztage,...

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Economics research in Canada: A long-run assessment of journal publications

Davies, James B.; Kocher, Martin G.; Sutter, Matthias - 2007

We examine the publications of authors affiliated with an economics research institution in Canada in (i) the Top-10 journals in economics according to journals' impact factors, and (ii) the 'Canadian Journal of Economics'. We consider all publications in the even years from 1980 to 2000....

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Network formation with endogenous decay

Feri, Francesco - 2007

This paper considers a model of economic network characterized by an endogenous architecture and frictions in the relations among agents as described in Bala and Goyal (2000). We propose a similar network model with the difference that frictions in the relations among agents are endogenous....

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Economics research in Canada: A long-run assessment of journal publications

Davies, James B.; Kocher, Martin; Sutter, Matthias - 2007

We examine the publications of authors affiliated with an economics research institution in Canada in (i) the Top-10 journals in economics according to journals? impact factors, and (ii) the Canadian Journal of Economics. We consider all publications in the even years from 1980 to 2000. Canadian...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293414

Inequality and migration: A behavioral link

Stark, Oded - 2005

We provide an analytical-behavioral explanation for the observed positive relationship between income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, and the incentive to migrate. We show that a higher total relative deprivation of a population leads to a stronger incentive to engage in...

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On the demand for grandchildren: Tied transfers and the demonstration effect

Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - 2004

Most private giving between living generations takes the form of tied transfers, such as help with housing downpayments. We argue that parents provide help with downpayments in order to encourage the production of grandchildren, and that such a subsidization emanates from the demonstration...

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Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth

Stark, Oded - 2005

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population's wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...

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Transfer of Institutions: Actors and Constraints - The Russian Case in a Global Context

Oleinik, Anton - 2005

Modernity is usually thought as a complex society with clearly differentiated spheres of everyday life. It means, in particular, that economic rules do not interfere with the norms structuring political, social, scientific and other interactions. The complex, differentiated society sharply...

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Is unemployment a consequence of social interactions? Seeking for a common research framework for economists and other social scientists

Tolciu, Andreia - 2008

This article aims to summarize the existing body of literature on social interactions and their effect on individual unemployment status. Two directions of the ongoing research are analyzed: the impact of social norms on unemployment and the importance of social networks in the job search...

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