Does innovation stimulate employment? A firm-level analysis using comparable micro-data from four European countries

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-43

  Harrison, Rupert ^a,b   Jaumandreu, Jordi ^c,d   Mairesse, Jacques ^e,f,g   Peters, Bettina ^d,h  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEPR ^*  (Germany)

^e CREST   (France)

^f UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment; Process innovation; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS; MARKET EXPANSIONS; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; RANDOM SAMPLE;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84903782077     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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