source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …

We combine firm-level innovation data with area-level Census data to examine the relationship between local workforce … characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills, and the likelihood of innovation by firms. We examine a range … of innovation outcomes, and test the relationship for selected subgroups of firms. We find a positive relationship …

employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment …

paper analyses the interdependencies between labour demand for high and low skilled employees, innovation activities and …