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Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

2005

Mario Pianta

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Un World Summits And Civil Society. The State Of Art, Mario Pianta Dec 2004

Un World Summits And Civil Society. The State Of Art, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

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Innovation And Employment, Mario Pianta Dec 2004

Innovation And Employment, Mario Pianta

Mario Pianta

The relationship between innovation and employment is a complex one and has long been a topical issue in economic theory. Moving from the classical question ‘‘does technology create or destroy jobs?’’ recent research has investigated the impact of different types of innovation and the structural and institutional factors affecting the quantity of employment change. Quality aspects have received increasing attention, with questions of ‘‘what type of jobs are created or destroyed by innovation?’’ This line of research has asked, ‘‘how does the composition of skills change’’ and ‘‘how does the wage structure change,’’ leading to a large literature on skill …