This paper explores the employment impact of innovation activity, taking into account both R&D expenditures and … ETC is included as a proxy for innovation activities. Moreover, the positive employment impacts of innovation activities …

We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP … of productivity in the manufacturing sector remained the prerogative of major developed countries. Thirdly, several … countries succeeded in climbing the ladder through outstanding productivity growth. Fourthly, despite a clear hierarchy in terms …

In this work, we test the employment impact of distinct types of innovative investments using a representative sample … significant employment effect. However, the job-creation impact of R&D expenditures becomes highly significant when the focus is …

, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending. … of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials. Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …