Efectos de la innovación sobre el empleoMéxico y Ecuador

  1. Delia Margarita Vergara Reyes
  2. Alex J. Guerrero
  3. Guillermo Arenas Díaz
  4. Joost Heijs
Journal:
Estudios de economía

ISSN: 0304-2758,  0718-5286

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 50

Issue: 2

Pages: 361-378

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4067/S0718-52862023000200361 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Abstract: This work provides evidence of the effect of innovation on employment in two countries where this impact has not been previously analysed: Mexico and Ecuador. Following the method proposed by Harrison et al. (2014), we find that introducing new products in the market positively affects employment in Mexico and Ecuador. While process innovation tends to destroy jobs in Mexico, it has no effect in the case of Ecuador. The positive impact of product innovation is observed to be greater than the loss of employment caused by process innovation.

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