We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive …

productivity of workers through the transmission of knowledge, skills, and competencies, which then increase the earnings capacity …

high growth are phenomena of the modern period. In order to explain these phenomena we propose an innovation-driven growth …

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data … talent is a central ingredient for the production of knowledge. Second, such talented individuals born in low- or middle …-income countries are systematically less likely to become knowledge producers. Our findings suggest that policies to encourage …

of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity, and the labour market. It …

negative impact on knowledge capital. These findings suggest that without appropriate policy responses, BC makes developing …

This article investigates the geographical location of workers in jobs with high-knowledge requirements in the German … knowledge information for different jobs that comes from the US Department of Labor. We make use of the regional information … inherent to the GSOEP that can be accessed only through a special user contract. High-knowledge employment is differently …

This study identifies clusters of U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas with similar knowledge traits. These groups … - ranging from Making Regions, characterized by knowledge about manufacturing, to Thinking Regions, noted for knowledge about … activities. In addition these knowledge-based clusters help explain the types of regions that have levels of economic development …

/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …