, innovation. Endogenous growth theory has long suggested that human capital lead to greater innovation and, through technology … innovation and diffusion, contribute to economic growth. However, there is little evidence on the role of human capital in … innovation. Using the Chinese provincial data from 1997 to 2006, we show that workers’ tertiary education is significantly and …

the methodology proposed by the European Commission in the study about the “European Innovation Scoreboard 2007 … of the innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin-American Countries. …

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection in terms of its impact on innovation and technology transfer, as well as economic … surveying the theoretical and empirical literature linking the protection of IPRs to economic growth, innovation and technology …

entails more entrepreneurship spillover. Moreover, the innovation only affects positively entrepreneurship spillover in …

innovation -- innovation being more skilled-intensive than innovation. We develop a growth model considering an endogenous … ability-driven skill acquisition decision of an individual. We show that skilled labor is growth enhancing in the ``imitation-innovation …" regime and the ``innovation-only" regime whereas unskilled labor is growth enhancing in the ``imitation-only" regime. Steady …

innovation -- innovation being more skilled-intensive than innovation. We develop a growth model considering an endogenous … ability-driven skill acquisition decision of an individual. We show that skilled labor is growth enhancing in the ``imitation-innovation …" regime and the ``innovation-only" regime whereas unskilled labor is growth enhancing in the ``imitation-only" regime. Steady …