We provide the first theoretical analysis of the effects of human capital use, innovative
activity, and patent protection, on economic growth in a model with many regions. In each …

We use a multi-region model and provide the first theoretical analysis of the effects of human
capital use and a particular kind of innovative activity on economic growth. In each of the N …

Recent US studies find that regional education levels diverge and that this can explain the
decline of income convergence. The paper challenges the suggested relationship between …

The stylized fact that the fraction of workers who are college graduates appears to increase
more in US cities where the initial share is larger has attracted significant attention …

W ogólnym znaczeniu konwergencj a jest nazywany proces, w którym pocz atkowo
niepodobne zjawiska lub obiekty z czasem upodabniaj a sie (zblizaj a sie) do siebie (łac …

Human capital is an important factor of economic growth. Previous studies show that
convergence patterns of income and education differ on a regional level. The purpose of this …

Foreign labor has become a central issue in Western Europe. This paper tests whether (1)
inflows of foreign labor affect regional growth, and thereby whether employment …

This article studies how the changing geographic distribution of skilled workers in the US
affects theoretical models that use Gibrat's law to explain the size distribution of cities. In the …

We study the effects of patent protection on economic growth in the ith region when this ith
region is part of an aggregate economy of i= 1,…, N regions. The regulatory authority in the …

In the last decade, after accession to European Union, Poland has achieved a significant
improvement of indicators relating to income on a national level. Polish GDP per capita (in …