Employment and innovation: Firm level evidence from Argentina

This article provides evidence about the effect of innovation on employment in Argentina in the period 1998–2001. In particular, we quantify the effect of process and product innovations on employment growth and the skill composition. Our results show that: (1) Product innovations have a positive effect on employment growth biased toward skill labor; (2) Process innovations do not affect employment growth or composition; (3) There are no heterogeneous effects in technology intensity and size; (4) Most of the contraction in employment in this period was explained by noninnovators.

Información de Publicación

Autores:

Ramiro de Elejalde

Institución: Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Facultad: Economía y Negocios
Unidad: Economía y Negocios

Stucchi, Rodolfo

Institución: Inter-American Development Bank
Unidad: Country Department Andean Group, La Paz, Bolivia

Giuliodori, David

Institución: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba-Argentina
Unidad: Instituto de Economía y Finanzas

Revista:

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Año:

2015

Mes:

Diciembre

Número:

1

Páginas:

27-47

Url de Publicación:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1540496X.2015.998088.