statistically significant evidence of the expected labor-friendly nature of innovation. More in detail, neither R&D nor investment …

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 …

The microeconomic empirical literature devoted to the link between innovation and employment tends to suggest that … in size - positive relationship between innovation and employment. While the links with sales and wages have the expected … signs and turn out to be significant, the job creating impact of innovation proves robust after checking for time, industry …