Developing Employment Effects of Innovations: Microeconometric Evidence from Taiwan

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Title:	Developing Employment Effects of Innovations: Microeconometric Evidence from Taiwan
Authors:	林俊宏;Yang, Chih-hai
Contributors:	淡江大學產業經濟學系
Date:	2008-06
Issue Date:	2011-10-15 11:24:19 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This paper aims to identify the effects of innovation on employment and labor composition in Taiwan. Using a new and detailed firm-level data set, the empirical results determine that innovations, measured by R&D investments or patent counts, have a positive impact on employment. Both of the estimated employment effects of product and process innovations are overall significantly positive. Although the effects of process innovations differ between high and low R&D-intensive industries, the process innovation tends to expand the firms’ output and then increase employment for high R&D-intensive industries. However, it frequently results in laborsavings in terms of production work and reduces jobs in low R&D-intensive industries. Moreover, technological innovations are found to be non-neutral, leading to a shift in labor composition in favor of skilled and more educated workers.
Relation:	The Developing Economies 46(2), pp.109-134
DOI:	10.1111/j.1746-1049.2008.00059.x
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute & Department of Industrial Economics] Journal Article

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