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The Knowledge Production of 'R' and 'D'
Thorwarth, Susanne; Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2008
expenditure and development expenditure, due to data availability. However, in most industries only (applied) research will lead … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … Belgian firms. It turns out that only the 'R' part of R&D expenditure has a significant effect on patents and that development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298057
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Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?
Ivanov, Boris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Pohlan, Laura - 2019
In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119077
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Dynamic responses to smoking bans: Evidence from young adults in a developing country
Steffens, Camila; Pereda, Paula Carvalho - 2024
Smoking bans have been widely implemented, despite mixed evidence on their effectiveness in reducing firsthand smoking. This paper provides novel insights into the dynamic impacts of smoking bans in the context of a large developing country, Brazil, that had more than 18.6 million regular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015211867
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Democracy and the quality of economic institutions: Theory and evidence
Krieger, Tommy - 2022
We present a simple model, illustrating how democracy may improve the quality of the economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracies on economic institutional quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348848
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Remittances and public finances: Evidence from oil-price shocks
Asatryan, Zareh; Bittschi, Benjamin; Doerrenberg, Philipp - 2016
We study the effect of inflowing remittances - a major source of capital for many countries - on tax-revenues and tax-policy. Instrumenting remittances with changes in the oil-price interacted with a country's distance to oil-producing countries, we find that remittances have a large positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442041
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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality: Lessons from Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido - 2018
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in a between-country and within-country setup; using harmonized micro data from 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933948
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The Knowledge Production of 'R' and 'D'
Thorwarth, Susanne; Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
expenditure and development expenditure, due to data availability. However, in most industries only (applied) research will lead … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … Belgian firms. It turns out that only the 'R' part of R&D expenditure has a significant effect on patents and that development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097519
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Social mobility and economic development
Neidhöfer, Guido; Ciaschi, Matías; Gasparini, Leonardo; … - 2021
We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development. First, we map the geography of … that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust effect on the development of Latin American regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698580
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The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2008
Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298665
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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009
life adversity influences the development of cognitive and noncognitive skills as well as school and labour market outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299502