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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
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Discrimination in universal social programs? : a nationwide field experiment on access to child care
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024 - This version: 04.03.2024
Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and...
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Democracy and growth in the twenty-first century : the diverging cases of China and Italy
Grillo, Francesco; Nanetti, Raffaella - 2018
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Absorptive capacity : a process perspective
Easterby-Smith, Mark; Graça, Manuel; Antonacopoulou, Elena - In: Management learning : the journal for managerial and … 39 (2008) 5, pp. 483-501
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Protection for profiting from collaborative service innovation
Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Pia; Ritala, Paavo - In: Journal of service management 21 (2010) 1, pp. 6-24
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Knowledge based firms from Central and East European countries : a comparative overview of case studies
Woodward, Richard; Yörük, Deniz Eylem; Radošević, Slavo - 2011
This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be … studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six ECE countries, we suggest that KBE firms in these countries may differ in … some important ways from the conventional picture of new technology based firms. In general, we see the ECE knowledge …
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Diversity of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms : struggling biotech firms despite opportunities
Brink, Johan; McKelvey, Maureen D. - In: Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship and innovation …, (pp. 219-242). 2010
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Knowledge and innovation in business and industry : the importance of using others
Håkansson, Håkan (contributor) - 2007
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Single minute exchange of die and organizational innovation in seven small and medium-sized firms
Moreira, António Carrizo - In: Lean manufacturing in the developing world : …, (pp. 483-499). 2014
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