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The job creation effect of R&D expenditures

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  • Francesco Bogliacino

    () (European Commission, JRC-IPTS)

  • Marco Vivarelli

    () (Università Cattolica)

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In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D expenditures have a job-creating effect, in accordance with the previous theoretical and empirical literature discussed in the paper. Interestingly enough, the labour-friendly nature of R&D emerges in both the flow and the stock specifications. These findings provide further justification for the European Lisbon-Barcelona targets.

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Paper provided by Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) in its series Working Papers with number 2010/55.

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Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: 2010
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Handle: RePEc:ieb:wpaper:2011/1/doc2010-55

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Keywords: Technological change; corporate R&D; employment; product innovation; GMMSYS;

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  1. Francesco Bogliacino & Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli, 2011. "Job Creation Effects of R&D Expenditures: Are High-tech Sectors the Key?," JRC-IPTS Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation 2011-10, Institute of Prospective Technological Studies.
  2. Vivarelli, Marco, 2012. "Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature," IZA Discussion Papers 6291, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

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