Effects of innovation on employment in Latin America
Crespi, Gustavo A. and Tacsir, Ezequiel (2013). Effects of innovation on employment in Latin America. UNU-MERIT.
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Author Crespi, Gustavo A.
Tacsir, EzequielTitle Effects of innovation on employment in Latin America Publication Date 2013 Publisher UNU-MERIT Abstract This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al. (1998), employment growth is related to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to innovative and unchanged products. Results show that compensation effects are pervasive and that the introduction of new products is associated with employment growth at the firm level. No evidence of displacement effects due to the introduction of product innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill bias, although product innovation is more complementary to skilled than to unskilled labour. Keyword Innovation
Employment
Developing countries
Latin America
Innovation surveysJEL O12
O14
O31
O33
O40
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