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The STI Working Papers series: selected technical and/or policy-analytical studies prepared in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry.
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06-Jun-2008
by Stéphane Maraut, Hélène Dernis, Colin Webb, Vincenzo Spiezia and Dominique Guellec
This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.
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23-Apr-2008
by Koen De Backer and Norihiko Yamano
One of the distinctive characteristics of the current globalisation process is the emergence of global value chains. This paper shows how international input-output tables can be used to provide empirical evidence of the growing importance of these global value chains.
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19-Dec-2007
by Laudeline Auriol (OECD), Bernard Felix (Eurostat, EC), and Ernesto Fernandez-Polcuch (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
This document presents the three main components of a collaborative project on careers of doctorate holders: 1) the methodological guidelines; 2) a core model questionnaire and instruction manual; and 3) output indicator tables used for reporting data at the international level.
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22-Oct-2007
by Anita Wölfl and Dana Hajkova
This paper quantifies and examines the contribution of capital, labour and multifactor productivity (MFP) to GDP growth and analyses the role of measurement of capital and labour inputs for the MFP estimate, using a comprehensive growth accounting exercise for 14 OECD countries.
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12-Oct-2007
by Hélène Dernis
This study aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to "nowcast", i.e. forecast the present (or the recent past), in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.
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14-Jun-2007
by Masatura Igami and Teruo Okazaki
This paper aims to capture current inventive activities in nanotechnologies based on the analysis of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO).
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06-Feb-2007
by Laudeline Auriol
This paper presents the results of a first data collection on the main demographic, educational, labour market and mobility patterns of doctoral graduates for seven countries.
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31-Jan-2007
by Masatsura Igami (OECD) and Ayaka Saka (NISTEP)
The mapping of knowledge is increasingly recognised as a new, evolving area of research. The aim of this study is to map current trends in scientific activities with a view to better understanding and tracking the changing nature of science.
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27-Oct-2006
by Dirk Pilat, Agnès Cimper, Karsten Olsen and Colin Webb
This paper examines the extent to which manufacturing output and employment are declining in OECD countries and explores possible causes.
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20-Oct-2006
by Norihiko Yamano and Nadim Ahmad
This paper describes the compilation of these tables in the hope that this may benefit input-output compilers in national statistical offices and provide them with a better understanding of the information needed by the OECD to compile these tables in order to meet the demands of users.
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Just Released
This compendium presents a large number of indicators on productivity and includes methodological notes which describe the measurement challenges, data choices, and remaining measurement problems.
OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2008
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