Employment Effects of Innovations over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

Bettina Peters (), Martin Hud, Bernhard Dachs and Christian Köhler

VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: We investigate employment effects of innovations over the business cycle using data of manufacturing firms from 26 EU countries for the period 1998-2010. Using a structural model, our empirical analysis reveals three important findings: 1) The net effect of product innovation on employment growth is pro-cyclical. It is positive in all BC phases except for the recession. 2) Product innovators are more resilient to recessions than non-product innovators. 3) We only find resilience for SMEs.

JEL-codes: C26 D2 J23 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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