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Mercedes Gumbau Albert
The impact of health status and human capital formation on regional performance: Empirical evidence
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of health on growth, assuming that it is a fundamental component of the human capital of a region along with education. Various measures of population health status are used, together with a health index generated by principal component analysis. Potential endogeneity between health and growth is controlled for using instrumental variable regressions and dynamic panel data. The results show a positive effect of a change in health status on regional output and a negative effect of proxy variables for health limitations on regional performance. This corroborates the importance of investing in health along with education with the aim of improv…
Clickers y Exámenes Tipo Test, Herramientas Interactivas de Evaluación Contínua
[EN] In this article, clickers tool is presented as an educational device based on an Electrónic voting system that aims to foster interaction, debate and dynamism in the audience. Among its main advantages over other existing educational resources we can highlight its simplicity, variety of use and ease of implementation in PowerPoint® presentations. Through this experience the use of the clicker system is tested to be used in multiple-choice exams. This tool facilitates time optimization, allows students to obtain immediate assessment of their results and contrast their individual level of knowledge against the class . Likewise, throughout this paper it is assessed the speed and reliabili…
Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional performance: application for the Spanish regions
AbstractThe aim of this study is to test the importance of entrepreneurship or new business formation for explaining differences in economic performance in the Spanish regions, together with the role played by the endowments of innovation capital and the socio-economic capabilities of every region. The results show that the effect of new business formation on economic performance varies considerably between regions, and the type of start-up is highly important for the results obtained: entrepreneur endowments of high technology intensive sectors and medium technology intensive sectors, but not those of low technology intensive sectors, have a positive effect on regional performance. Also, t…
Simultaneity between strategic variables: Production, innovation, and product differentiation
This paper aims to analyze the existence of simultaneous effects among the variables production, product differentiation, and innovation. Microeconomic data from a sample of 2,160 firms are used as a base. Empirical results show that a positive correlation exists from innovation to product differentiation, thus showing that it is in the process of production itself, through technical improvements, where product differentiation is determined. On the other hand, no positive effect exists from product differentiation to innovation, i.e., once technical improvements have been established, firms exchange the barriers to entry created by brand image for the real barriers established by innovation…