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Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; Norman, Therese - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic … multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven …This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation …

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Wage Inequality,Technology and Trade: 21st Century Evidence

Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

This paper describes and explains some of the principal trends in the wage and skill distribution in recent decades. There have been sharp increases in wage inequality across the OECD, beginning with the US and UK at the end of the 1970s. A good fraction of this inequality growth is due to...

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The shrinking middle

Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

Guy Michaels and colleagues show how new technologies are polarising the labour market, with the middle-skilled losing out most

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Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student Performance

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Murphy, Richard - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores. By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and combining it with administrative data, we find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases...

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The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence

Faggio, Giulia; Salvanes, Kjell; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

There has been a remarkable increase in wage inequality in the US, UK and many other countries over the past three decades. A significant part of this appears to be within observable groups (such as age-gender-skill cells). A generally untested implication of many theories rationalizing the...

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Technology and Trade - an analysis of technology specialization and export flows

Andersson, Martin; Ejermo, Olof - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

supports the view that comparative advantages can be created by investments in technology and knowledge. Export flows from … pattern of investments in (and creation of) technology and knowledge, as such investments shape export specialization patterns …

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R&D Accessibility and Comparative Advantages in Quality Differentiated Goods

Johansson, Sara - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

concludes that the production of high quality product varieties is intensive in knowledge and R&D. This study contributes to … previous research by addressing the influence of spatial knowledge flows on the observed patterns of regional quality … knowledge flows from R&D activities. These knowledge transfers are modeled by accessibility variables, which deduce the presence …

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Why did the Breed Reactor Fail? - Swedish and international nuclear development in a cold war context

Fjaestad, Maja - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

This article discusses the visions about nuclear breeder reactors, plans set out in the aftermath of World War II. This seemed like the ideal solution for future energy, and even small countries, as Sweden, launched breeder reactor programs. The breeder reactor never reached industrial...

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Technological Innovation and Performance in the United Kingdom

Nickell, Stephen; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2001

due to a weakness in technological innovation despite a high quality science base. This includes comparatively low and …

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