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Small Firms and R&D Spillovers: Evidence from Italy
Audretsch, David B; Vivarelli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497984
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When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?
Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791910
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Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data
Braun, Frauke G; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by knowledge … spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468596
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Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why Didn't the Hound Bark?
Manasse, Paolo; Stanca, Luca; Turrini, Alessandro Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper presents firm level evidence on the dynamics of non-manual wage premia and employment shares in Italian manufacturing during the nineties. We find that the relative stability of aggregate wage premia and employment shares hides offsetting disaggregate forces. First, while technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504296
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Information Disclosure and the Economics of Science and Technology
Dasgupta, Partha; David, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985
This paper takes an information-theoretic approach to the economics of science, extending Arrow's pioneering (1962) analysis of the allocation of resources for industrial research and invention. It addresses the questions: is there a valid economic distinction between scientific and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504645
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The Effects of Technical Change on Labour Market Inequalities
Hornstein, Andreas; Krusell, Per; Violante, Giovanni L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
In this chapter we inspect economic mechanisms through which technological progress shapes the degree of inequality among workers in the labour market. A key focus is on the rise of US wage inequality over the past 30 years. However, we also pay attention to how Europe did not experience changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504683
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Restructuring Production and Work
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....
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Labor Laws and Innovation
Acharya, Viral V; Baghai, Ramin; Subramanian, Krishnamurthy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
pursuits of firms and their employees. Using patents and citations as proxies for innovation and a time-varying index of labor … laws, we find that innovation is fostered by stringent labor laws, especially by laws governing dismissal of employees. We … exploit staggered country-level law changes. We also find that stringent labor laws disproportionately influence innovation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980205
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Service Trade and Occupational Tasks: An Empirical Investigation
Ariu, Andrea; Mion, Giordano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Using micro data for Belgium we investigate the relationship between occupational tasks changes and the rise of service trade. We focus the analysis on the extensive margin and look at the heterogeneous proliferation of firms involved in exports and imports of services across sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084731
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Robots at Work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots’ potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their economic effects. In this paper we analyze for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, using new data on a panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007....
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