Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 
Author-Name: Piva, Mariacristina
Author-Email: mariacristina.piva@unicatt.it
Author-workplace-name: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
Author-Name: Vivarelli, Marco
Author-Email: marco.vivarelli@unicatt.it
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,
	 Milano, and IZA, Bonn
Title: Is innovation destroying jobs? Firm-level evidence from the EU
Abstract: Using a unique firm-level database comprising the top European R&D 
	 investors over the period 2002-2013 and running LSDVC estimates, this 
	 study finds a significant labour-friendly impact of R&D expenditures. 
	 However, this positive employment effect appears limited in magnitude 
	 and entirely due to the medium-and high-tech sectors, while no effect 
	 can be detected in the low-tech industries. From a policy point of view, 
	 this outcome is supporting the EU2020 strategy, but - taking into 
	 account that most European economies are specialised in low-tech 
	 activities - is also worrying in terms of future perspectives of the 
	 European labour market.
Keywords: Innovation, R&D, innovation, employment, firm-level analysis, EU 
Classification-JEL: E24, O14, O15, O33, O52
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20170310
Number: 2017-013
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2017/wp2017-013.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2017013