This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …

This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …

by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on … employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …