R&D and Employment: An Application of the LSDVC Estimator Using European Microdata

Authors :: Marco Vivarelli
Francesco Bogliacino
Mariacristina Piva
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Jerry Green, 2012.
Abstract: The job creation effect of business R&D is tested applying the dynamic LSDVC estimator to a longitudinal database covering 677 European companies over the period 1990–2008. Job creation is detected in services and high-tech manufacturing, but not in traditional sectors.

Subjects :: Job creation
Employment
Economics and Econometrics
Labour economics
LSDVC
Economics
Services
Innovation
Microdata (statistics)
Estimator
Settore SECS-P/02 - politica economica
Finance

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