Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/208127 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-916
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
The link between innovation and employment is at the center of the policy debate. This paper sheds light on how labor market regulations affect the relationship between different types of innovation and employment in Latin America. We estimate the model developed by Harrison et al. (2014) using Enterprise Surveys for 14 Latin American countries. We find that: (i) product innovations have a positive impact on employment growth; (ii) process innovations do not affect employment growth; (iii) more rigid labor market regulations (minimum wages and severance payments) reduce the effects of innovation.
Subjects: 
Process Innovation
Product Innovation
Employment Growth
Labor Markets Regulations
Latin America
JEL: 
D2
J21
J38
L60
O31
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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