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Mapping Careers and Mobility of Doctorate Holders: Draft Guidelines, Model Questionnaire and Indicators

19-Dec-2007

Human resources are key in the creation and diffusion of innovation, and doctorate holders are not only the most qualified in terms of educational attainment, but also those who are specifically trained to conduct research. But not much is known about their paths on the labour market. This is why the OECD launched a project with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Eurostat to develop internationally comparable indicators on the careers and mobility of doctorate holders. This working paper presents the project's three main technical components.

OECD Input-Output Tables: 2006 edition - revision 1

28-Nov-2007

The OECD Input-Output database is a useful empirical tool for economic research and structural analysis at international level.  It highlights inter-industrial relationships and when used in conjunction with other OECD databases such as STAN Industry,  Business R&D Expenditures (ANBERD) and Bilateral Trade Database (BTD), it provides a tool for consistent economic analysis of growth, structural change, productivity, competitiveness and employment at the sectoral and macroeconomic levels.

OECD countries take new approach to fostering innovation, says OECD report

25-Oct-2007

More and more OECD governments are giving firms tax breaks to drive innovation while cutting their direct spending on business research and development (R&D), and are also encouraging public research organisations to commercialise their inventions, according to a new OECD report.

Measuring Multifactor Productivity Growth

22-Oct-2007

Using a comprehensive growth accounting exercise for 14 OECD countries, this new working paper quantifies 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.

"Nowcasting" patent indicators

12-Oct-2007

This new STI working paper aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to forecast the present (or recent past) in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.

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