Employment effects of innovation at the firm level

Horst Rottmann and Stefan Lachenmaier

No 3, Weidener Diskussionspapiere from University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden (OTH)

Abstract: This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation on employment at the firm level using a uniquely long panel dataset of German manufacturing firms. The overall effect of innovations on employment often remains unclear in theoretical contributions due to reverse effects. We distinguish between product and process innovations and additionally introduce different innovation categories. We find clearly positive effects for product and process innovations on employment growth with the effects for process innovations being slightly higher. For product innovations that involved patent applications we can identify an additional positive effect on employment.

Keywords: employment; innovation; patent; firm size; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 L60 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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