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Gasto en investigación y desarrollo y productividad en la industria manufacturera mexicana

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  • René Cabral

    (ITESM)

  • Franco Jair González

    (ITESM)

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We study the effects of R&D on productivity across a sample of 17 Mexican manufacturing sectors from 1994 to 2007. Employing panel data methods we find some interesting results. First, ordinary least squares estimates suggest a strong link between R\&D expenditure and productivity. Second, after controlling for heterogeneity and endogeneity problems such evidence disappears. Third, partitioning our sample according to R&D intensity criteria, we even observe negative effects on productivity from those industries that employ that resource more intensively.

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  • René Cabral & Franco Jair González, 2014. "Gasto en investigación y desarrollo y productividad en la industria manufacturera mexicana," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 29(1), pages 27-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:emx:esteco:v:29:y:2014:i:1:p:27-55
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    Keywords

    R&D expenditure; manufacturing industry; Mexico; panel data.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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