Human capital, mechanisms of technological diffusion and the role of technological shocks in the speed of diffusion: Evidence from a panel of Mediterranean countries

Our main goal is to ascertain the importance of human capital as a facilitator of technological diffusion in a sample of seven Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey) for the period 1960-2000. First, we estimate the technological progress growth rate and...

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Main Author: Duarte, Maria Adelaide (author)
Other Authors: Simões, Marta (author)
Format: other
Language:eng
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/11766
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/11766