understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the …

This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm …' sales per worker, and innovation that results in introducing new goods and services to the international market boosts both … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms' productivity and sales. Finally …

This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and … process innovation, which in turn explains labor productivity. The endogeneity of this three-stage process is controlled for … innovation, and both are important factors to explain labor productivity. Moreover, investing systematically in R&D implies an …