The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding of the fundamental sources of … structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …

Although theory predicts that international trade will decrease the relative demand for skilled workers in relatively … skilled workers, consistent with trade theory, the magnitude of the effect was modest and more than offset by institutional …

diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … distance to the North; ii) an increase in LA's ETG to East Asia's level raises LA's TFP by some 100% and accounts for about 75 …% of its TFP gap with East Asia; iii) raising LA's education to East Asia's level has a larger impact on TFP and on the TFP …

This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms' incentives to innovate and competitive …