Catching up to the technology frontier: the dichotomy between innovation and imitation

Jakob Madsen, Md. Rabiul Islam and James Ang

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, vol. 43, issue 4, 1389-1411

Abstract: Abstract Using data for 55 developing and developed countries, this research examines the roles of technology transfer, research intensity, educational attainment, and the ability to absorb foreign technology in explaining cross‐country differences in productivity growth. The results show that innovation is an important factor for growth in OECD countries, whereas growth in developing countries is driven by imitation. Furthermore, the interaction between educational attainment and the distance to the frontier is a significant determinant of growth in the overall sample. A l’aide de données pour 55 pays développés et en développement, on examine les rôles du transfert de technologie, de l’intensité de recherche, du niveau d’éducation, et de l’habiletéà absorber la technologie étrangère dans l’explication des écarts entre pays dans la croissance de la productivité. Les résultats montrent que l’innovation est un facteur important dans la croissance des pays de l’OCDE alors que la croissance des pays en développement est animée par l’imitation. De plus, l’interaction entre le niveau d’éducation et la distance de la frontière est un facteur déterminant et significatif de la croissance dans tout l’échantillon.

Date: 2010
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