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The Transatlantic Productivity Gap : Is R&D the Main Culprit?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2011

these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated …

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How Do the Unemployed Search for a Job? Evidence from the EU Labour Force Survey

Bachmann, Ronald - 2012

Using harmonized micro data, this paper investigates the job search behaviour of the unemployed in Europe. The analysis focuses on the importance of individual and household characteristics in this context, as well as on cross-country differences in Europe. Our findings suggest that both...

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Is Corporate R&D Investment in High-Tech Sectors More Effective? Some Guidelines for European Research Policy

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2009

This paper discusses the link between Ramp;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 Ramp;D investors. The main...

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Occupational Mobility in Europe : Extent, Determinants and Consequences

Bachmann, Ronald - 2019

We examine occupational mobility and its link to wage mobility across a large number of EU countries using worker … mobility in terms of wage outcomes and structural change across the EU. In addition, we identify potential explanations for the …

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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Heterogeneity during the Great Recession : Evidence from Europe

Bachmann, Ronald - 2015

Using harmonized micro data, this paper investigates the effects of the early phase (2008-10) of the recent economic crisis on transitions between labour market states in Europe. Our analysis focuses on individual heterogeneity, on the type of employment contract, and on cross-country...

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Innovation and Employment in Patenting Firms : Empirical Evidence from Europe

Van Roy, Vincent - 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...

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The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment : A Comparison between the EU and the US

Castellani, Davide - 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 …

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The Job Creation Effect of R&D Expenditures

Bogliacino, Francesco - 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...

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The Impact of Robots on Labour Market Transitions in Europe

Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Lewandowski, Piotr; … - 2022

We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries between 1998-2017. Overall, we find small negative effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross-country differences: the effects of robot...

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