The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper … the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and … additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …

This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The … innovation are larger for foreignowned firms. Together with employment-stimulating effects stemming from existing products, they …, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due to general productivity increases and process innovation, foreign …

This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on employment growth in these … firms. A simple model that relates employment growth to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to …

innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … using specific information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation … output. The econometric analysis confirms that product innovations have a positive impact on employment. In contrast to …

activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The …Extending a recently developed multi-product model and distinguishing between different product and process innovation …

adaptation behavior of firms with respect to the relationship of employment and (environmental) innovation. We use an endogenous … switching regression approach to take the simultaneous haracter of innovation activities and employment demand into … different environmental innovation fields shows that material and energy savings are positively correlated to employment because …

This paper analyses the employment consequences of policies aimed to support biofuels in the European Union. The … thereby increase security of the European energy supply on the other hand. The employment impacts of increasing biofuels … recent Renewable Energy Roadmap. Employment effects are assessed in an input-output framework taking into account bottom …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …

employment probability and affects occupational choice. When selection into economic sector and occupation is regarded, we do not …