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Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? : some guidelines for European Research Policy
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - 2009
This paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors. The empirical analysis is based on both the European sectoral OECD data and on a unique micro longitudinal database consisting of 532 top European R&D investors. The main conclusions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796272
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The job creation effect of R&D expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2010
In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937885
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Innovation and employment in patenting firms : empirical evidence from Europe
Van Roy, Vincent; Vertesy, Daniel; Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288522
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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014
This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402100
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The transatlantic productivity gap : is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated … change ; US ; EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235193
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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU …-tech sectors. Our results also show that the US/EU productivity gap has worsened during the crisis period, as the EU companies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476418
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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe
Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022
This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163647
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The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders : a European perspective
Rycx, François; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022
holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and the UK), but also by estimating their wage penalty relative to what they could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275384
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Sharp teeth or empty mouths? : revisiting the minimum wage bite with sectoral data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738765
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
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