Domestic outsourcing has grown substantially in developed countries over the past two decades. This paper addresses question of technological drivers this phenomenon by studying impact staggered diffusion broadband internet France during 2000s. Our results confirm that technology increases firm productivity and relative demand for high-skill workers. Further, we show led firms to outsource some...

Abstract This paper studies the effect of emigration on technological change in sending locations after one largest migration events human history, mass from Europe to United States 19th century. To establish causality, we adopt an instrumental variable strategy that combines local growing-season frost shocks with proximity ports. Using data patents, find led increase innovative activity locali...

in this study the trend of technological change and its nature was studied in production of sugar beet in iran by using dual approach. this approach is useful for estimating the demand structure of the input price change and technology status. after estimating the various forms of flexible functions, by selection of translog cost function with cost share equations system is estimated using seem...

In this paper, we present results of simulation experiments with the TIME-model on the issue of mitigation strategies with regard to greenhouse gases. The TIME-model is an integrated system dynamics world energy model that takes into account the fact that the system has an inbuilt inertia and endogenous learning-by-doing dynamics, besides the more common elements of priceinduced demand response...