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Avaliando o efeito dos investimentos em telecomunicações sobre o PIB

de Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata; de Mendonça, Mário … - 2017

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of broadband on the GDP taking into account regional differences. This … of municipalities. Simultaneous causality between broadband and GDP is identified through instrumental variable method …. Regional differentiated effects of broadband among municipalities were observed. The greatest impact of broadband occurs on …

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Improving educational outcomes: Analyses of intervention and public opinion

Wedel, Katharina - 2024

Katharina Wedel prepared this study while she was working at the Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2023 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

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Performative state capacity and climate (in)action

Feld, Immanuel; Fetzer, Thiemo - 2024

Climate action requires significant public- and private sector investment to achieve meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This paper documents that large-scale austerity, coupled with barriers to flows of data and a lack of (digital) skills in (local) government, may have been a...

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Neoclassical convergence versus technological catch-up: A contribution for reaching a consensus

Desdoigts, Alain - 2000

New macro empirical evidence is provided to assess the relative importance of object and idea gaps in explaining the world income distribution dynamics. Formal statistical hypothesis tests allow us to discriminate between two competing growthmodels: (i) the standard neoclassical growth model...

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Climate-friendly technologies in the mobile air-conditioning sector: A patent citation analysis

Rave, Tilmann; Goetzke, Frank - 2011

The development of climate-friendly technologies and its diffusion across countries is of key importance to slow climate change. This paper considers technologies in the mobile air-conditioning (MAC) sector which is a major contributor of fluorinatedgreenhouse gas emissions. Using patents as an...

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Performative State Capacity and Climate (In)Action

Feld, Immanuel; Fetzer, Thiemo - 2024

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Socioeconomic and cultural determinants of the development of artificial intelligence

Lazar, Sorin Paul; Pop, Iustin Atanasiu; Mortan, Maria - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 26 (2024) 66, pp. 494-510

This study assesses the impact of socioeconomic and cultural factors that are likely to have effects on the development of artificial intelligence at the national level. This technology is evaluated both globally and in terms of its components: qualified users, technical capabilities,...

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Computer use and the wage structure in Austria

Hofer, Helmut; Riedel, Monika - 2003

In this paper we examine the relationship between computer premium and job position in Austria. We estimate cross-section wage equations and control for selectivity of computer use via a treatment effects model. We find that the size of the wage effect attributed to computer use varies...

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2004

Using the model recently developed by Jaumandreu (2003) this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific information provided by CIS data. It...

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2005

Extending a recently developed multi-product model and distinguishing between different product and process innovation activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made...

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