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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703394
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Co-determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578125
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Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592859
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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer; Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005823001
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gerald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680898
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Long-Run Effects of Public-Private Research Joint Ventures: The Case of the Danish Innovation Consortia Support Scheme
Kaiser, Ulrich; Kuhn, Johan Moritz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Subsidized research joint ventures (RJVs) between public research institutions and industry have become increasingly popular in Europe and the US. We study the long-run effects of such a support scheme that has been maintained by the Danish government since 1995. To cope with identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323400
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The Gender Earnings Gap inside a Russian Firm: First Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002
Dohmen, Thomas; Lehmann, Hartmut; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using unique personnel data from one Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 we study the size, development and determinants of the gender earnings gap in an internal labor market during late transition. The gap is sizable but declines strongly over the entire period. Gender earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822029
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Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyze comprehensive manufacturing firm data to measure the contribution of inter-firm employment reallocation to aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822646
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Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
With fortuitously timed data – collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria – we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922962
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Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403375