Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Author-Name-First: Hiroaki
Author-Name-Last: Miyamoto
Author-Email: hmiyamot@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: R&D, Unemployment, and Labor Market Policies
Abstract: This paper studies the effects of labor market policies on R&D activities and unemployment. I develop a search and matching model in which firms' R&D decisions are endogenously determined. The model demonstrates that more intensive labor market policies that protect workers reduce the levels of R&D activities. This study offers a theoretical framework to understand the relationship between R&D activities, labor market policies, and unemployment which is discussed in empirical studies.
Classification-JEL: E24, J40, J64
Length: 27 pages
Creation-Date: 2010-03
Number: EMS_2010_04
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2010_04.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2010
File-Size: 293KB
Keywords: Labor market policies, R&D, Search and matching model
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2010_04