Innovation and job creation in a small open economy: evidence from Norwegian manufacturing plants 1982-92
dc.contributor.author | Klette, Tor Jakob | |
dc.contributor.author | Førre, Svein Erik | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Norway | nb_NO |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-15T07:10:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-15T07:10:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0809-733X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2628632 | |
dc.description.abstract | It is often claimed that the opportunities to create new manufacturing jobs in open, high-cost economies such as Norway, are concentrated in products which are technologically advanced and knowledge intensive. This paper examines the relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job creation in plants belonging to R&D firms to plants belonging to firms without R&D. We also compare job creation in plants belonging to high and low tech industries. Our data set covers more than 80 percent of manufacturing employment in Norway over the period 1982-92. The paper challenges the optimistic view about job creation in R&D intensive firms and high-tech industries. Some main findings are: (i) Net job creation is not higher in high-tech industries. (ii) There is no clear-cut positive relationship between net job creation and the R&D-intensity of the firm. (iii) There is less net job creation and less job-security in R&D-intensive firms in the late 1980s and early 1990s. | nb_NO |
dc.description.sponsorship | Norwegian Research Council (Naerings-LOS) | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Statistisk sentralbyrå | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion papers;159 | |
dc.subject | JEL classification: E32 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | JEL classification: J23 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | JEL classification: J63 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | JEL classification: 032 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | JEL classification: 033 | nb_NO |
dc.title | Innovation and job creation in a small open economy: evidence from Norwegian manufacturing plants 1982-92 | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Matematikk: 410::Statistikk: 412 | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 34 | nb_NO |
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