R&D and employment: An application of the LSDVC estimator using European microdata

Francesco Bogliacino, Mariacristina Piva and Marco Vivarelli ()

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 1, 56-59

Abstract: The job creation effect of business R&D is tested applying the dynamic LSDVC estimator to a longitudinal database covering 677 European companies over the period 1990–2008. Job creation is detected in services and high-tech manufacturing, but not in traditional sectors.

Keywords: Innovation; Employment; Services; LSDVC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.01.010

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