- 2010) matched with information on sector innovation derived from the Community Innovation Survey, we look at the impact of … innovation across small and medium-large firms, both on the average wages paid by firms and on the degree of within-firm wage …

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 …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …