The Unemployment Rate and Innovative Activity: a Cross-Country Analysis

• Autorzy: Maria Helena Majewska , Magdalena Rawińska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this study was to analyze how the relation between un-employment and innovation activity can affect the productivity of theeconomy through its impact on the export structure. The results of re-search carried out on a group of 69 countries in the years 1996-2016indicate that the nature of the relationship between the unemploy-ment rate and innovation activity may affect both positive and nega-tive changes in the technological sophistication production structureand thus exports. In our study also occurs a two-way relationship be-tween the increase in expenditure on R&D activity and the decline inthe unemployment rate. This means that the decrease in the unem-ployment rate may impact the growth of innovation activity, which inturn generates a further decline in the unemployment rate. In linewith expectations, this is more typical for higher-income countries, al-ready possessing a sufficiently developed economic structure and awell-functioning labor market. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Unemployment; Unemployment rate; Innovations; Export structure

PL

Bezrobocie; Stopa bezrobocia; Innowacje; Struktura eksportu

• Czasopismo: Roczniki Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Bankowej w Toruniu
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 17(4)
• Strony: 1--20

Twórcy

autor

Maria Helena Majewska

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

autor

Magdalena Rawińska

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Identyfikatory

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19197/tbr.v17i4.305