Arbeitspapier

Is inter-firm labor mobility a channel of konwledge spillovers? Evidence from a linked employer-employee panel

An employer-employee panel is used to study whether the movement of workers across firms is a channel of unintended diffusion of R&D-generated knowledge. Somewhat surprisingly, hiring workers from others’ R&D labs to one’s own does not seem to be a significant spillover channel. Hiring workers previously in R&D to one’s non-R&D activities, however, boosts both productivity and profitability. This is interpreted as evidence that these workers transmit knowledge that can be readily copied and implemented without much additional R&D effort.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ETLA Discussion Papers ; No. 1116

Classification
Wirtschaft
Externalities
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Subject
Labor mobility, R&D spillovers, Profitability, Linked employer‐employee data
Arbeitsmobilität
Betriebliche Forschung
Wissenstransfer
Theorie
Finnland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Maliranta, Mika
Mohnen, Pierre
Rouvinen, Petri
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2008

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Maliranta, Mika
  • Mohnen, Pierre
  • Rouvinen, Petri
  • The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)

Time of origin

  • 2008

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