Di Cintio, Marco; Ghosh, Sucharita; Grassi, Emanuele - 2016
for a sample of Italian SMEs operating in the manufacturing industry. After accounting for the under-reporting of R&D in … SMEs, our quantile regressions reveal that (i) R&D is associated with higher employment growth rates, higher hiring rates … and lower separation rates; (ii) R&D-induced exports are negatively related to employment growth and accessions and …