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Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments …
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The paper studies the contribution of human capital on economic growth through its impact on the rate of innovation by … Yetkiner (2003). Using a relatively broad concept of human capital that includes not only formal education but also on … be able to adopt and adapt to new technologies. The second one is the impact of both formal education and on …
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How does the rate at which firms adopt new technologies affect the level of education and training of a country … would be the optimum level of education spending in front of a faster arrival of new technologies? This paper tries to … answer these questions by developing an endogenous growth model with creative 'wear and tear' in which general education …
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spillovers, on firms propensity to innovate. Diversity is measured in terms of industries as well as employee education and … occupation, of which the results show a positive neighborhood effect from diversity in education. In addition, an added positive … effect from neighborhood diversity in education is found for firms with a larger share of highly educated employees, which …
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The role of education is crucial in process of economic development. Initially, investments in training and education …, engineers, and professionals are made through advanced levels of education. The accumulation of sophisticated types of human … capital is a major factor in creating the research and innovation infrastructure of a mature economy. Looking at the research …
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opportunities and challenges for deployment of digital games and gaming in fields such as wellness and aging, education and … service improvement, and employment and growth, but significant activity is still required in research, innovation, and …
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: 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 …
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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 …
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liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also … document : la libéralisation du secteur financier ; renforcer la concurrence sur les marchés des biens et services ; l’éducation …, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …
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their skills. A general conclusion is that a previous centralistic structure of education,labour market programmes and wage …
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