We analyse how countries' research priorities align with their greatest Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges and whether misalignments are worse in certain SDGs. Employing a novel method, we identify related to an SDG by examining areas WoS higher share of publications containing text policy outlets. Then, use the indicators create new score assess performance countries SDGs relation top performers. Our analysis at global level reveals substantial misalignment. Although low...

ABSTRACT The paper offers a theoretical analysis of long‐run economic growth as an outcome structural changes. We model the microeconomic behaviour firms in final good and capital sectors, evolution classes workers/consumers. carefully craft onto empirical evidence, solve numerically. results illustrate properties simulated patterns. In particular, we observe explain interactions between technological change, firm organization, income distribution, consumption growth. confirm relevance...

This paper measures the exposure of industries and occupations to 40 digital technologies that emerged over past decade estimates their impact on European employment. Using a novel approach leverages sentence transformers, we calculate scores based semantic similarity between patents ISCO-08/NACE Rev.2 classifications construct an open–access database, 'TechXposure'. By combining our data with shift–share approach, instrument regional emerging estimate employment across regions. We find...

Does exporting increase firm productivity, or are increased export sales caused by the firm's ability to its productivity? This paper provides new empirical evidence on causal relation between trade and adopting a structural vector autoregressive analysis combined with identification algorithms from machine learning literature. We focus well-studied country (Chile) already-exporting firms (intensive margin). identify contemporaneous lagged structure productivity growth using two different...

Abstract The paper provides a review of and presents some empirical evidence on the dynamics knowledge, structural change spatial concentration economic activities, focusing case business services (BS). It explores how role knowledge has evolved in relation to dimensions of: (i) science, technology change; (ii) long‐term processes tertiarization economy – particular growth BS; (iii) BS as an outcome increasing volume complexity need manage it through proximity. Our arguments are supported by...

Analysts are rapidly developing methods to map publications SDGs in the face of policy demands. However, as reported by Armitage et al. (2020), a high degree inconsistency is found when comparing bibliometric corpora obtained with different approaches. These inconsistencies not due minor technical issues, but instead they represent interpretations SDGs. Given variety understandings regarding relationship between research and SDGs, we propose that bibliometrics analysts should assume there...

Do creative industries have positive spillovers for the local economy in middle-income countries? While high-income countries several studies shown that are highly innovative and productive, positively impacting economy, evidence is scarce countries. Using employment data, we studied agglomeration patterns of Colombia between 2008 2017. We found a relationship industries' non-creative services industries. However, using shift–share instrumental variable approach, no significant causality an...

Focusing on a global value chain (GVC) for organic basmati rice, we study how farmers' practices are governed through product and process standards, certification protocols, contracts with buyer firms. We analyze entry into the GVC reconfigures their agencements (defined as heterogeneous arrangements of human nonhuman agencies which associated each other). These reconfigurations entail severance some associations among procedural material elements formation new associations, in order to...

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over life cycle ICT and robot technologies from 1995 to 2017 163 European regions. We first identify major technological breakthroughs during this period for these phases acceleration deceleration investment. then examine how exposure affects employment wages across different their cycle. find that negligible long term impact on conceals significant short positive negative effects within technology also is driven...

Although the main bibliometric databases (Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus) claim to includejournals on basis scientific publication standards, there have long been concerns thatits coverage is biased in favour journals from industrialised countries towards topicsrelevant these countries. In this article, we investigate for research rice,comparing database CAB Abstracts with mainstream databases. We find clear evidencethat a field such as rice, statistics based WoS Scopus strongly...

Abstract The aim of this study is to analyse the main determinants adoption and use information communication technologies (ICT) relationship between ICT patterns innovation in an Italian industrial district. analysis carried out on a database 118 textile enterprises located Biella, well‐known district specialized medium high quality woollen yarns textiles, that have been interviewed following structured questionnaire. On whole, rate Biella rather low confirms results other studies districts...