This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …

different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … representative data for Germany - for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime - to investigate the … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and …

generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions …This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …

survival, but lag behind regular business founders in terms of income, business growth and innovation. Moreover, we show that …

stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …