institutions reinforce each other in slowing or preventing people from learning the correct underlying parameters. …

. We consider a dynamic game in which firms improve both a new and a rival old technology while learning about the relative …

occupations are also a fundamental, but overlooked, driver of innovation. Theory also suggests cities are important for both … the links between creative industries, occupations, cities and innovation at the firm level. This paper addresses this gap … driver of innovation. We find no support for the hypothesis that urban creative industries firms are particularly innovative …

innovation and imitation. We develop a theoretical model showing that skilled labour has a higher growth-enhancing effect closer … to the technological frontier under the reasonable assumption that innovation is a relatively more skill intensive … the two separate margins of primary/secondary and tertiary education. Interestingly, the latter type of schooling proves …

: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on …. We find a positive effect of engineering education on the propensity to patent, and a negative OLS bias. Our …

productivity. Education as well as innovation and production require skilled labour as inputs. This and the fact that learning … study the impact of changes in the education of workers and the incentives to innovate. Lower profits imply lower growth … redistribution. Subsidization of education increases employment and growth. Redistribution through the tax and benefit system or …