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Within-the-family education and its impact on equality
Nordblom, Katarina - EconWPA - 2001
This is a theoretical study of human-capital formation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125917
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Motives for investment in human capital of children: evidence from Indonesian Family Life Survey Data
Raut, Lakshmi K.; Tran, Lien H. - EconWPA - 1998
Two alternative models of parental investments in children's human capital are considered and tested empirically using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS). The pure loan model and the reciprocity with two-sided altruism model yield different predictions about the effect of children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408378
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VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...
Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126044
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Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues
Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003
national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134465
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Protéger les méthodes commerciales liées à Internet : un frein au développement ?
Delzelle, Benoit - EconWPA - 2003
La protection juridique des méthodes commerciales liées à Internet est très controversée. Est-il opportun de protéger des biens immatériels ou des idées ? N'est-ce pas menacer durablement le développement de la "nouvelle économie" ? N'est-ce pas brider l'activité inventive et...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407748
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The contribution of business services to aggregate productivity growth
Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2004
. The business services industry has an important role in the national innovation system and in knowledge spillovers to … other industries. The innovation contribution of business services to the rest of the economy may countervail the effect of … strengthening its role in knowledge spillovers to client industries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412877
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Scale, scope and entrepreneurship
Bitros, George C. - EconWPA - 2004
geographically and function-ally. They promoted rapid innovation by resorting to systematic Research and Development ef- forts. And … innovation in the econ-omy. Hence, to the extent that policy makers strive to achieve the priorities of citizens, they are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413293
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Competitive Advantages of the Beira Interior (Portugal): A TOWS Approach
Ferreira, Joao; Leitao, Joao; Raposo, Mario - EconWPA - 2005
of analysis. Considering as unit of analysis the region of Beira Interior (Portugal), this article aims to provide a TOWS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118851