Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of Economic Literature

By M. Vivarelli. Journal of Economic Issues, 2014

142 citations recorded by the source corpus.

I discuss the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change. I also compare the relative explanatory power of competing economic theories, while detailing the macro, sectoral, and micro evidence on the issue with reference to advanced and developing economies. The main purpose of the paper is to offer a critical meta-analysis of both the theory and recent empirical achievements stemming from the relationship of technology and employment. More specifically, I draw some general conclusions about possible consequences of that relationship.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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Citations in the corpus

• Technological change and employment: is Europe ready for the challenge? (2018, unknown): “…the direct labor-saving impact of process innovation, the compensation mechanisms, the impediments and obstacles which can seriously weaken the effectiveness of such mechanisms, and the labor friendly nature of product innovation can combine in very diverse outcomes (see also Vivarelli 2013, 2014).”
• THE INNOVATION†EMPLOYMENT NEXUS: A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THEORY AND EMPIRICS (2016, unknown): “This section complements and significantly extends the scope of other reviews (such as Pianta, 2005 and Vivarelli, 2014, which mostly focus on evidence during 1990s and early 2000s).”