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Títol:
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The impact of R&D subsidies on R&D employment composition [WP]
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Autor/a:
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Afcha Chávez, Sergio; Garcia-Quevedo, Jose
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Notes:
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In this paper we examine the impact of subsidies granted at national and regional levels on a set of R&D employment variables and, specifically, we seek to identify the existence of the behavioural additionality effects of these public subsidies on firms’ R&D human resources. We begin by assessing the effects of public funds on R&D private expenditures and on the number of R&D employees, and then focus on their impact on the composition of human resources engaged in R&D as classified by occupation and level of education. The data used correspond to the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel for the period 2006-2011. To control for selection bias and endogeneity, a combination of non-parametric matching techniques are implemented. After ruling out the existence of crowding out effects, our results show that R&D subsidies increase the number of R&D employees. However, no increase is found in the average level of qualification of R&D staff members in subsidized firms. All in all, the effects of public support are heterogeneous being dependent on the source of the subsidy and the firms’ characteristics. |
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Matèries:
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-Recerca industrial
-Mercat de treball
-Subsidi d'atur
-Recursos humans
-Industrial research
-Labor market
-Unemployment insurance
-Human capital |
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Drets:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Afcha et al., 2014
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Tipus de document:
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Document de treball |
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Publicat per:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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