Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5104001 | Research Policy | 2017 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
We study firms' export and R&D activities and their effects on employment growth and worker flows for a sample of Italian SMEs operating in the manufacturing industry. After accounting for the under-reporting of R&D in SMEs, our quantile regressions reveal that: (i) R&D is associated with higher employment growth rates, higher hiring rates and lower separation rates; (ii) R&D-induced exports are negatively related to firm employment growth and hirings and positively related to separations; and (iii) pure exports are not a driver of employment growth and worker flows.
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Authors
Marco Di Cintio, Sucharita Ghosh, Emanuele Grassi,