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A Question of Degree: The Effects of Degree Class on Labor Market Outcomes

Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

How does measured performance at university affect labor market outcomes? We show that degree class - a coarse measure of student performance used in the UK - causally affects graduates' industry and hence expected wages. To control for unobserved ability, we employ a regression discontinuity...

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In brief: University exam results matter

Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

As thousands of undergraduates across the UK take their exams, a study by Andy Feng and Georg Graetz reveals the importance of the results for subsequent earnings - specifically the value of a First compared with an Upper Second and the difference between an Upper Second and a Lower Second.

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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

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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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Ethnic inventors, diversity and innovation in the UK: evidence from patents microdata

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via ‘star’ migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …

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Giving a Little Help to Girls? Evidence on Grade Discrimination and its Effect on Students' Achievement

Terrier, Camille - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique dataset containing grades given by teachers, scores obtained anonymously by pupils at different ages, and their course choice during high school. Based on double-differences, the...

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Sweden’s School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity

Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students’ and schools’ locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This...

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