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dc.titlePublic Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorCrespi, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorCuevas, Conrado
dc.contributor.orgunitCompetitiveness and Innovation Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2012-02-27T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2012-02-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean firms. With the cooperation of several public agencies, participants and non-participants in these programs during the period 1995-2000 were identified from a large panel of firms in the manufacturing sector. From this information, the effect of the programs could be determined using propensity score matching (PSM) and differences in differences (DID) in a multiple treatment setting. Results show that these programs have generally been associated with increases in employment and productivity, but the impact is heterogeneous across programs and indicators of firm performance.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008985
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Public-Programs-Innovation-and-Firm-Performance-in-Chile.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectResearch and Development
dc.subjectPublic Sector
dc.subject.jelcodeD22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeL2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeO3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights
dc.subject.keywordsIFD, CTI, innovation, policy evaluation, employment, wages, productivity
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
idb.operationRG-K1164
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