The innovation-employment nexus in Europe

ABSTRACT :The question of the determinants of employment in innovative firms in Europe is analyzed. Weuse data from European Innovation Scoreboard that consider 36 countries in the period 2000-2019. Resultsshow that the level of employment for innovative firms is positively associated with “Average annualpopulation growth”, “Basic-school entrepreneurial education and training”, “Ease of starting a business”,“Firm investments”; “Foreign controlled enterprises-share of value added”,“Government procurement ofadvanced technology products”, “Human resources”, “Sales impacts” and negatively associated with “Buyersophistication (SD)”, “Linkages”.