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Employment and investment in innovation activities without introduction of new technologies: a study on Ecuador

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  • Diego Del Pozo
  • Juan Fernandez Sastre

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This paper estimates the effect of the introduction of technologies and the effect of investing in innovation activities without the introduction of technologies on employment, using data from the Ecuadorian Innovation Survey and the Social Security Institute and applying the inverse probability weighting methodology. The results indicate that only the introduction of new technologies increases total employment in the short run; although investment in R&D, without the introduction of technologies, increases the recruitment of scientists. Finally, firms that introduce technologies increase the hiring of managers, scientists and technicians.

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  • Diego Del Pozo & Juan Fernandez Sastre, 2021. "Employment and investment in innovation activities without introduction of new technologies: a study on Ecuador," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 48(2 Year 20), pages 219-248, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:udc:esteco:v:48:y:2021:i:2:p:219-248
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    1. Laureti, Lucio & Costantiello, Alberto & Matarrese, Marco Maria & Leogrande, Angelo, 2022. "The Employment in Innovative Enterprises in Europe," MPRA Paper 111335, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Employment; R&D; other innovation activities; matching by propensity; developing countries.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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