Measuring knowledge intensity in manufacturing industries: a new approach

Dany Bahar

Applied Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 26, issue 3, 187-190

Abstract: This article presents the methodology and results for measuring the knowledge intensity of manufacturing industries based on the knowledge-related characteristics of their workforce. The measures link information from the Occupational Information Network project (from the US Department of Labor) and the Occupational Employment Statistics (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) to produce industry-specific knowledge intensity measures. The new measures overcome the main issues posed by the industry-average R&D share in total sales variable, often used as a proxy for knowledge intensity in the literature.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1456643

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