technical and a pecuniary externality resulting from the innovation process may generate multiple equilibria. Redistribution may …

authors find that the stock of human capital, the level of domestic innovation and technological adaptation, and the level of ….15 percentage point. In terms of innovation, the authors find that a 20 percent increase in the annual number of USPTO patents …

Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede … innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts …, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and to what extent labor shortage affects innovation activities. The paper …

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is … technologically advanced innovation. In this paper we find empirical evidence that both effects are at work - multinational … innovation in countries with low EPL. -- Innovation ; employment protection ; multinational firm location …