Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis

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Date issued
Oct 2011
Subject
Research and Development;
Workforce and Employment;
Small Business;
Innovation
JEL code
D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis;
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives;
O38 - Government Policy
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Technical Notes
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 demand characteristics (skills and gender). In particular the research focuses on the differential effects of product and process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment generation by SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises).