The Employment Impact of Innovation : Evidence and Policy (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: economic structure, technology and employment Mario Pianta and Marco Vivarelli 2. The analysis of technological change and employment Vincenzo Spiezia and Marco Vivarelli 3. Modelling the employment impact of innovation: do compensation mechanisms work? Roberto Simonetti, Karl Taylor and Marco Vivarelli 4. Growth and unemployment: productivity gains vs. demand constraints Paolo Piacentini and Paolo Pini 5. The employment impact of product and process innovations Mario Pianta 6. Organisational innovations, computerisation and employment. Evidence from American manufacturing Philippe Askenazy 7. Innovation and employment in services: results from the Italian innovation survey Rinaldo Evangelista 8. New technology, growth and job creation: the role of learning strategies Kurt Lundgren 9. Innovation and employment in developing countries Dilek Çetindamar Karaömerlioglu and Hancer K. Ansal 10. Compensation mechanisms and targeted economic growth. Lessons from the history of economic policy Eric Reinert 11. Conclusions: are employment friendly policies possible? Mario Pianta and Marco Vivarelli