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A test for complementarities among multiple technologies that avoids the curse of dimensionality

Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2008

We propose a strategy to identify the complementarity or substitutability among technology bundles. Under the … assumption that alternative technologies are independent, we develop a hypothetical distribution of multiple technology adoptions …. Differences between the observed distribution of technology choices and the hypothetical distribution can be subjected to …

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Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2

The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...

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Knowledge creation and technology difusion: a framework to understand economic growth

Gomes, Orlando - In: Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review 20 (2005) 2, pp. 41-61

sector adapts existent technology to productive uses, while the second is an education sector. In this way, we can study the …

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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital

Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015

Building on the canonical model of skill-biased technical change to incorporate differential effects of technology and … subsequent adoption of computer and information technology and larger decline in routine occupations. Exposure to global imports … smaller as compared to technology. However, when looking at the direction of displacement of routine-workers, regions with …

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Education, skill training, and lifelong learning in the era of technological revolution

Kim, Jinyoung; Park, Cyn-Young - 2020

include strong cognitive skills, basic information and communication technology, and analytical skills, as well as a range of …

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Building a Better Rat Trap : Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula

Terjesen, Siri A. - 2014

the World Bank which provided the funding necessary to commercialize the new technology. The venture's implementation … commercialize technology for the rural poor and the positive impact on this greatly disadvantaged population …

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New evidence on the effect of technology on employment and skill demand

Hirvonen, Johannes; Stenhammar, Aapo; Tuhkuri, Joonas - 2022

research design focuses on a technology subsidy program in Finland that induced sharp increases in technology investment in …

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From Gutenberg to Google: The internet is adopted earlier if ancestors had advanced information technology in 1500 AD

Ljunge, Martin - 2019

Individuals with ancestry from countries with advanced information technology in 1500 AD, such as movable type and … centuries in information technology adoption in European and U.S. populations. The results hold when excluding the most and … least advanced ancestries, and when accounting for additional deep roots of development. Historical information technology …

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From Gutenberg to Google : the internet is adopted earlier if ancestors had advanced information technology in 1500 AD

Ljunge, Martin - 2019

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The Protestant Ethic and Work: Micro Evidence from Contemporary Germany

Spenkuch, Jörg L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Few theories in the social sciences have gained more widespread acceptance than Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism—despite a lack of conclusive empirical evidence. At the core of Weber’s theory lies a connection between Protestantism and attitudes toward work....

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