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376 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543
Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7540
Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-Level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Eric Bartelsman, Sabien Dobbelaere, Bettina Peters
published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2015, 24(5), 875-949
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7487
Determinants and Policy Simulation of Firms Cooperation in Innovation
Almas Heshmati, Flávio Lenz-Cesar
published in: Research Evaluation, 2015, 24(3), 293-311.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7470
The Role of University Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation
Ann-Kathrine Ejsing, Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted, Keld Laursen
published in: Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39(7), 1935-1958; new title "Experience Matters: The Role of Academic Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation"
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7382
The Value of Hiring through Referrals
Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, Michael Housman
revised version published as 'The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(2), 805-839
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7367
Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets
Giovanni Peri, Kevin Y. Shih
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7329
Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125(584), 621–646
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7326
The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson
published in: American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 220-225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7320
Skill-Biased Technological Change and Skill-Enhancing Trade in Turkey: Evidence from Longitudinal Microdata
Ilina Srour, Erol Taymaz, Marco Vivarelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7316
The Impact of Internet Diffusion on Marriage Rates: Evidence from the Broadband Market
Andriana Bellou
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(2), 265-297 (Lead Article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7302
Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Luca Colombo, Herbert Dawid, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49, 513-531.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7235
Measurement of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth in Korean Industries
Yeimin Chung, Almas Heshmati
published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015, 104, 380-391.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7178
The "Task Approach" to Labor Markets: An Overview
David Autor
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2013, 46 (3), 185-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7129
Measuring Cultural Diversity and its Impact on Innovation: Longitudinal Evidence from Dutch Firms
Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2017, 96 (S1), S29-S50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7068
The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
David Autor, David Dorn
published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (5), 1553-1597
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7024
How Should Peer-Review Panels Behave?
Daniel Sgroi, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F255-F278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6972
The Nexus between Labor Diversity and Firm's Innovation
Pierpaolo Parrotta, Dario Pozzoli, Mariola Pytlikova
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (2), 303-364
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6886
Why Don't Women Patent?
Jennifer Hunt, Jean-Philippe Garant, Hannah Herman, David J. Munroe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6715
Expert Leaders in a Fast-Moving Environment
Amanda H. Goodall, Ganna Pogrebna
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6611
Wage Effects of High-Skilled Migration: International Evidence
Volker Grossmann, David Stadelmann
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2013, 27 (2), 297-319
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6377
The Role of Education in Technology Use and Adoption: Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey
W. Craig Riddell, Xueda Song
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6327
Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits
Oded Galor, Stelios Michalopoulos
published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147(2), 759-780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6319
Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6291
Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Marco Vivarelli
published in: Journal of Economic Issues, 2014, 48 (1), 123-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6257
How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (3) part 1, 711-750
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6217
The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms
Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn, Katrin Ullrich
published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53 (S1), 251-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6136
R&D Drivers in Young Innovative Companies
José García-Quevedo, Gabriele Pellegrino, Marco Vivarelli
published as 'R&D drivers and age: Are young firms different?' in: Research Policy, 2014, 43 (9), 1544-1556
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6004
A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries
Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar
published in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2014, 23(1), 25-48.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6000
The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Innovation: Evidence from Dutch Firm-Level Data
Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2013, 2:18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5988
Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent
Albert N. Link, Christopher J. Ruhm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5986
Long-Run Effects of Public-Private Research Joint Ventures: The Case of the Danish Innovation Consortia Support Scheme
Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn
published in: Research Policy, 2012, 41 (5), 913–927
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5975
Productivity Gains from R&D Investment: Are High-Tech Sectors Still Ahead?
Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2015, 24(3), 204-222
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5908
R&D and Employment: Some Evidence from European Microdata
Francesco Bogliacino, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
short version published as 'R&D and employment: An application of the LSDVC estimator using European microdata' in: Economics Letters, 2012 (1), 116, 56-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5907
Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Yousef Daoud
published in: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2014, 13, 347-378.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5864
Intellectual Property Rights, Migration, and Diaspora
Alireza Naghavi, Chiara Strozzi
revised and updated version published as 'Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation' in: Journal of International Economics, 2015, 96(1), 150–161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5857
The Diffusion of Information Technology and the Increased Propensity of Teams to Transcend Institutional and National Borders
Anne E. Winkler, Wolfgang Glänzel, Sharon Levin, Paula Stephan
Published in Revue Economique, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5746
Beyond Additionality: Are Innovation Subsidies Counterproductive?
Alessandra Catozzella, Marco Vivarelli
short version published as ' The possible adverse impact of innovation subsidies: some evidence from a bivariate switching model' in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (1), 648-661
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5691
Unraveling the Role of Public Researcher Mobility for Industrial Innovation
Ann-Kathrine Ejsing, Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted
new version 'The Role of University Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation' published as: IZA DP 7470; published as 'Experience Matters: The Role of Academic Scientist Mobility for Industrial Innovation' in: Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39(7), 1935-1958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5686
Immigration and Innovation
David C. Maré, Richard Fabling, Steven Stillman
published as 'Innovation and the Local Workforce' in: Papers in Regional Science, 2014, 93(1), 183–201
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5676
Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: P. Nijkamp, J. Poot J and M. Sahin (eds.) Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons, Edward Elgar, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5666
Measuring and Interpreting Trends in the Division of Labour in the Netherlands
I. Semih Akçomak, Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel
published in: De Economist, 2011, 159 (4), 435-482
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5654
Labor Mobility, Social Network Effects, and Innovative Activity
Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Christian Kongsted, Thomas Rønde
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 110, 91–105
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598
Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun, Diego Sasson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5586
The Transatlantic Productivity Gap: Is R&D the Main Culprit?
Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47(4), 1342–1371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5582
Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D: An Introduction Based on the European Experience
Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Marco Vivarelli, Peter Voigt
published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2011(2), 20, 585-603
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5544
Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers
Luc Behaghel, Eve Caroli, Muriel Roger
published in: Economica, 2014, 81(322), 368-389
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5419
Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate: Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Nidhiya Menon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5239
Modernization of Agriculture and Long-Term Growth
Dennis T. Yang, Xiaodong Zhu
published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2013, 60 (3), 367–382
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202
Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Markus Poschke
superseded by DP 7991.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5187
Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Gerald Roland
published in : Review of Economics and Statistics , 2017, 99(3), 402-416
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