The aim of this paper is to test the employment effect of business R&D expenditures, using a unique longitudinal … traditional manufacturing sectors. This means that we should not expect positive employment effects from increasing R&D in the … majority of industrial sectors. This evidence should be kept in mind by European innovation policy makers having employment as …

After discussing theory regarding the consequences of technological change on employment, our aim is to test the … R&D on employment is only detectable in services and high-tech manufacturing. This is something that should be borne in … mind by European policy makers having employment as one of their aims. …