More and Better Jobs, But Not for Everyone

Effects of Innovation in French Firms

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ID3331237
AuthorsRichard Duhautois (0000-0003-2767-178X, Centre d'études de l'emploi), Christine Erhel (0000-0002-2405-8501, Centre d'études de l'emploi), Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière (0000-0003-3655-1181, Centre Lillois d'Etudes et de Recherches Sociologiques et Economiques), Malo Mofakhami (0000-0003-4353-6721, Richard Duhautois is a Researcher at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences de l’Action (LIRSA), and Centre d’Etudes de l’Emploi et du Travail (CEET). Christine Erhel is a Professor at Cnam, LIRSA, and CEET. Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière is an Associate Professor at Cnam, LIRSA, and CEET. Malo Mofakhami is a Post-doctoral Fellow at Cnam and CEET)
Year2022
Volume75
Issue1
Pages90-116
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0019793920925806
OpenAlexW3034645816
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited31

The authors analyze the effect of technological innovation on employment and job quality using a difference-in-differences matching model and a unique matched data set of French firms (the Community Innovation Survey with administrative and fiscal data). Overall, they find evidence that product innovation increases employment and certain dimensions of job quality, such as the number of permanent contracts and working hours. The authors consider this virtuous circle between innovation, employment, and job quality to be nuanced, however, for two reasons. First, not all social groups benefit from firm innovation, as lower-skilled workers are less positively affected in terms of employment and are sometimes negatively affected in terms of wages. Second, the positive effects of innovation appear mainly in manufacturing and not in services. Public policy should pay attention, then, to the consequences of innovation across individuals and sectors to ensure that innovation is beneficial to all

Business · Economics · Job creation · Labour economics · Matching (statistics · Product (mathematics · Product innovation · Quality (philosophy · Set (abstract data type · Survey data collection · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Marketing · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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