Employment, innovation, and productivity: Evidence from Italian microdata

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 813-839

  Hall, Bronwyn H ^a,b   Lotti, Francesca ^c   Mairesse, Jacques ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^d Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^e UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49149109195     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn022     Document Type: Article

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