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Technological innovation and employment: complements or substitutes?

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In this paper we study the impact of innovative activities on employment in Chile. We closely follow a previous work by Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse and Peters (2005) who developed an empirical strategy based on Jaumandreu (2003) which accounts for differences between product and process innovations. Using firm-level micro-data for the period 1998–2001, we find that product innovations affect employment positively and significantly. On the other hand, there is no evidence to suggest that process innovations significantly affect employment after controlling for investment and sectoral patterns.

Dans cet article, nous étudions l'impact des activités innovatrices sur l'emploi au Chili. Nous nous appuyons sur les travaux d'Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse et Peters (2005) qui ont développé une stratégie empirique basée sur Jaumandreu (2003) qui explique la différence entre l'innovation des produits et des processus. En prenant des microdonnées au niveau de l'entreprise pour la période 1998–2001, nous constatons que les innovations de produit ont une répercussion positive et significative sur l'emploi. D'un autre côté, d'après les tendances de l'investissement et les données sectorielles, il n'y a aucun indice suggérant que les innovations de processus affectent l'emploi de manière significative.

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Correspondence to José Miguel Benavente or Rodolfo Lauterbach.

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Benavente, J., Lauterbach, R. Technological innovation and employment: complements or substitutes?. Eur J Dev Res 20, 318–329 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1080/09578810802060744

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