@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4728, author={Bogliacino, Francesco and Vivarelli, Marco}, title={The Job Creation Effect of R&D Expenditures}, year={2010}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={4728}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4728}, abstract={In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D expenditures have a job-creating effect, in accordance with the previous theoretical and empirical literature discussed in the paper. Interestingly enough, the labour-friendly nature of R&D emerges in both the flow and the stock specifications. These findings provide further justification for the European Lisbon-Barcelona targets.}, keywords={employment;corporate R&D;technological change;product innovation;GMM-SYS}, }