Technological interdependencies and employment changes in European industries.

Autor/inn/en	Cresti, Lorenzo; Dosi, Giovanni; Fagiolo, Giorgio
Titel	Technological interdependencies and employment changes in European industries. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Technologische Interdependenzen und Beschäftigungsveränderungen in der europäischen Industrie.
Quelle	In: Structural change and economic dynamics, (2023) 64, S. 41-57 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1873-6017
DOI	10.1016/j.strueco.2022.11.006
Schlagwörter	Forschung und Entwicklung; Technologische Entwicklung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Branche; Handelsbeziehung; Niedriglohn; Outsourcing; Wertschöpfung; Arbeitsplatzabbau; Qualifikationsanpassung; Qualifikationswandel; Zusätzlicher Arbeitsplatz; Forschungsfinanzierung; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Ausland; Deutschland; Europa; Frankreich; Italien; Polen
Abstract	"This work addresses the role of inter-sectoral innovation flows, which we frame as technological interdependencies, in determining sectoral employment dynamics. This purpose is achieved through the construction of an indicator capturing the amount of R&D expenditures embodied in the backward linkages of industries. We aim to find out whether having a more integrated production in terms of requiring more technological inputs is related to a lower demand for workers within the sector. We refer to the literature on innovation-employment nexus, inter-sectoral knowledge spillovers and Global Value Chains, building upon structuralist and evolutionary theoretical considerations. We track the flows of embodied technological change between industries taking advantage of the notion of vertically integrated sectors. The relevance of this vertical technological dimension for determining employment dynamics is then tested on a panel data of European industries over the 2008-2014 period. Results show a statistically significant and negative employment impact of the degree of vertical integration in terms of acquisitions of R&D embodied inputs. Combining the role of demand, the double nature of innovation - as product and as process -, together with inter-sectoral linkages, this work shows that the dependence of a sector from innovation performed by other ones - a proxy for input embodied process innovations - exert a negative effect upon employment." The study refers to the period 2008-2014 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/3