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Higher education and the fall and rise of inequality
Prettner, Klaus; Schaefer, Andreas - 2016
We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel overlapping generations model with three social classes: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. We show that there is an initial phase in which no social class invests in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439186
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Higher education and the fall and rise of inequality
Prettner, Klaus; Schäfer, Andreas - 2016
We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel overlapping generations model with three social classes: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. We show that there is an initial phase in which no social class invests in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555100
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Higher Education and The Fall and Rise of Inequality
Prettner, Klaus - 2016
We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel overlapping generations model with three social classes: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. We show that there is an initial phase in which no social class invests in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995928
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2019
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … knowledge across nations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022425
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2019
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … knowledge across nations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026463
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2020
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … evidence of migrants facilitating the technology-specific diffusion of knowledge across nations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178399
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - In: Research policy : policy, management and economic … 49 (2020) 9, pp. 1-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609951
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243522
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Declining fertility and economic well-being : do education and health ride to the rescue?
Prettner, Klaus; Bloom, David E.; Strulik, Holger - 2012
It is widely argued that declining fertility slows the pace of economic growth in industrialized countries through its negative effect on labor supply. There are, however, theoretical arguments suggesting that the effect of falling fertility on effective labor supply can be offset by associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537238
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Health and Economic Growth
Bloom, David E. - 2018
The positive cross-country correlation between health and economic growth is well-established, but the underlying mechanisms are complex and difficult to discern. Three issues are of central concern. First, assessing and disentangling causality between health and economic growth is empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906529