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Technological change and employment: some micro evidence from Italy

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  • Mariacristina Piva
  • Marco Vivarelli

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Consistently with previous evidence of the microeconomic literature on the subject and applying GMM-SYS on a unique Italian panel dataset, this study finds a significant - although small in size - positive relationship between innovation and employment at the firm's level in the 1990s.

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  • Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli, 2004. "Technological change and employment: some micro evidence from Italy," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(6), pages 373-376.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:11:y:2004:i:6:p:373-376
    DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000228222
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