Innovations, Growth and Employment: An Empirical Analysis on the Base of the ifo Firm Panel

Werner Smolny and Thomas Schneeweis
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Werner Smolny: Universität Konstanz
Thomas Schneeweis: Universität Konstanz

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1999, vol. 218, issue 3+4, pages 453-472

Abstract: The ifo firm panel includes a large set of data for West German manufacturing firms from 1980-92 which permits a detailed analysis of firm behaviour. In this paper, estimates of the impact and the determinants of innovation behaviour are presented. The empirical results reveal that innovative firms exhibit more output and employment growth than non-innovative firms. The quantitative impact is non-negligible. The results also reveal that innovative behaviour depends positively on firm size and the business cycle.

Keywords: endogenous growth; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 J23 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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