In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 15 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 expenditure – fostering product innovation – 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 targets.
Bogliacino, F., Vivarelli, M., The Job Creation Effect Of R&D Expenditures, <<AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC PAPERS>>, 2012; 51 (2): 96-113. [doi:10.1111/j.1467-8454.2012.00425.x] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/40745]
The Job Creation Effect Of R&D Expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco;Vivarelli, Marco
2012
Abstract
In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 15 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 expenditure – fostering product innovation – 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 targets.
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