Technology and employment: the job creation effect of business R&D

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Abstract

After discussing theory regarding the consequences of technological change on employment, our aim is to test the possible job creation effect of business R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal database covering 677 European firms (1990-2008). The main outcome from the dynamic LSDVC (Least Squared Dummy Variable Corrected) estimate is the labour-friendly nature of companies’ R&D, the coefficient of which turns out to be statistically significant. However, the positive impact of R&D on employment is only detectable in services and high-tech manufacturing. This is something that should be borne in mind by European policy makers having employment as one of their aims.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)239-264
Numero di pagine26
RivistaRivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2014

Keywords

  • Employment
  • Innovation
  • LSDVC
  • Manufacturing
  • Services

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