The paper characterizes main trends in ICT implementation and diffusion in the CEE countries in terms of market volume, its dynamics, economic development and ICT trade integration within the EU market. This gives support to the hypothesis of gradual closing up of technology gap in ICT sector...

Randomness in individual discovery tends to spread out productivities in a population, while learning from others keeps productivities together. In combination, these two mechanisms for knowledge accumulation give rise to long-term growth and persistent income inequality. This paper considers a...

Using county-level census data from 19th century Prussia, this paper argues that the introduction of the power loom, a key technological innovation in the Industrial Revolution, had a significant impact on labour market outcomes and composition 40 years later. To combat endogeneity, I use a...