DO R&D expenditures matter for labor productivity in oecd countries? An unresolved question
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2013
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Çalışmanın amacı, 22 OECD ülkesi için 19912003 dönemi verilerini kullanarak araştırma geliştirme harcamaları ile işgücü verimliliği arasındaki ilişkiyi panel veri yöntemleri kullanarak incelemektir. Bu amaçla, fiziki sermeye, bilgi sermayesi, beşeri sermaye ve emekten oluşan bir Cobb-Douglas tipi üretim fonksiyonu tahmin edilmiştir. Bu değişkenlere ilave olarak dış ticaret hacmi ve ARGE yayılımı kontrol değişkenlerinin eklendiği tahmin sonuçlarına göre işgücü verimliliği ile ARGE arasında pozitif bir uzun dönem esnekliği vardır. Bu sonuç, işgücü ve sermaye yoğunluğu değişkenlerinin dışarıda bırakıldığı alternatif bir model için de geçerlidir. Dışa açıklığı yansıtan dış ticaret hacmi değişkeni de bu modelde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur.
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between labor productivity and R&D expenditures. We have tested this relationship using a panel of 22 OECD countries that covers the period 1991-2003. A Cobb-Douglas production function was estimated in growth form where physical capital, knowledge capital, human capital, and labor stock were included as the factors of production. The estimation results that also controlled for the effect of openness, and R&D spillovers implied a positive long-run R&D elasticity with respect to labor productivity growth. This result is robust to an alternative model where capital to labor ratio and labor variables are excluded. In this new model, the coefficient of the international trade variable included to account for openness was found to be positive.
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between labor productivity and R&D expenditures. We have tested this relationship using a panel of 22 OECD countries that covers the period 1991-2003. A Cobb-Douglas production function was estimated in growth form where physical capital, knowledge capital, human capital, and labor stock were included as the factors of production. The estimation results that also controlled for the effect of openness, and R&D spillovers implied a positive long-run R&D elasticity with respect to labor productivity growth. This result is robust to an alternative model where capital to labor ratio and labor variables are excluded. In this new model, the coefficient of the international trade variable included to account for openness was found to be positive.
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Research and Development Expenditures, Labor Productivity, OECD, Panel Data, ARGE Harcamaları, İşgücü Verimliliği, Panel Veri
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Erdil, Erkan; Cılasun, Seyit Mümin; Eruygur, Ayşegül, "DO R&D expenditures matter for labor productivity in oecd countries? An unresolved question ", Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 71-82, (2013).
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Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
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31
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1
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71
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82