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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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In this paper, I study technological change as a candidate for the observed increase in consumption inequality in the United States. I build an incomplete market model with educational choice combined with a task-based model on the production side. I consider two channels through which...
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When workers are displaced from their jobs in mass layoffs or firm closures, they experience lasting adverse labor market consequences. We study how these consequences vary with the amount of skill mismatch that workers experience when returning to the labor market. Using novel measures of skill...
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Aiming at fostering the transition towards a sustainable knowledge-based Bioeconomy (SKBBE), the German Federal …. To analyse whether this policy intervention actually fosters cooperation and knowledge transfer as intended, researchers … the last 30 years and how this development can be assessed from a knowledge diffusion point of view. This study shows that …
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how dependent innovation is on economic growth and what effects a potential long-term economic stagnation or decline may … have on innovation processes and systems. We approach the subject from different angles using mixed methods. First, we … present a quantitative analysis of the linkages between economic growth and innovation activities on a sectoral level, based …
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