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Innovation and its Effects on Employment Composition: Microeconomic Evidence from Colombian Firms

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  • Juan Felipe Mejía Mejía
  • Yurani Arias Granada

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This study analyses the effects of innovation on employment in Colombian firms for the man- ufacturing and service sectors in two different periods: 2007-2010 for the manufacturing industry, and 2010-2011 for the service industry. Based on the theoretical framework proposed by Harri- son et al.(2014), we test this relationship using instrumental variables techniques. Data proceed from The Annual Manufacturing Survey, The Development and Technological Innovation Indus- trial Survey, and The Development and Technological Innovation Services Survey, all of them collected by the Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).Our em- pirical results show that sales growth due to new products positively affects employment growth, and process innovation has not a displacement effect on employment growth. This is robust to different specifications and the inclusion of control variables.

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  • Juan Felipe Mejía Mejía & Yurani Arias Granada, 2014. "Innovation and its Effects on Employment Composition: Microeconomic Evidence from Colombian Firms," Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público 12338, Universidad EAFIT.
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    Keywords

    Employment Growth; Process Innovation; Product Innovation; Colombian Firms;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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