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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes

Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family...

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Overtime and Sticky Manufacturing Wages: Do Trade and Technology Matter?

Stafford, Frank P.; Stobernack, Michael O. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989

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Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

In this study, we try to connect the economic literature on human capital formation with findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation. Our basic framework for assessing the distribution of agespecific returns to investment in skills is an...

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Violence in European schools: victimization and consequences

Ammermüller, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 European countries and analyzes the determinants of being a victim and its effect on student performance. The study draws on the international TIMSS 2003 and the British...

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Founder's human capital, entry strategies and start-up size

Gottschalk, Sandra; Müller, Kathrin; Niefert, Michaela - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

knowledge acquired through formal education and professional experience and usually coincides with a higher personal wealth … distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified …

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How Do New Technologies Fare under Different Institutional Rules?

Pelikan, Pavel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or employment groups. The institutional framework set by public policy affects the prevalence and performance...

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Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden

Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...

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Small Business Activity Does not Measure Entrepreneurship

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

Entrepreneurship policy mainly aims to promote innovative “Schumpeterian” entrepreneurship. However, the rate of entrepreneurship is commonly proxied using quantity-based metrics, such as small business activity, the self-employment rate or the number of startups. We argue that those metrics...

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