Public support for R&D and the educational mix of R&D employees
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- Michel Dumont (UGent) , André Spithoven (UGent) and Peter Teirlinck
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- In this article we assess the impact of public support for R&D activities on the educational mix of R&D employees in private companies. Data on tax incentives in support of R&D activities of companies in Belgium are matched with R&D survey data to investigate changes in the share of R&D employees with a specific degree: PhD, higher education (second stage and first stage, respectively), and other qualifications. Estimations show that public support significantly raises the share of researchers holding a PhD. There are indications that researchers with a PhD substitute for R&D employees with lower degrees. We also show that controlling for the changes in the educational mix of R&D personnel lowers the estimates of the impact of public support on the wages of researchers.
- Keywords
- tax incentives, O38, wages researchers, R&D, O32, H32, BIAS, LEVEL, WORKERS, DIVERSITY, INCENTIVES, PERFORMANCE, ORGANIZATIONS, MODELS, SUBSIDIES, educational mix, INNOVATION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7284417
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- Dumont, Michel, et al. “Public Support for R&D and the Educational Mix of R&D Employees.” CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES, edited by Panu Poutvaara, vol. 62, no. 3, 2016, pp. 426–52, doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifv017.
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- Dumont, M., Spithoven, A., & Teirlinck, P. (2016). Public support for R&D and the educational mix of R&D employees. CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES, 62(3), 426–452. https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifv017
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- Dumont, Michel, André Spithoven, and Peter Teirlinck. 2016. “Public Support for R&D and the Educational Mix of R&D Employees.” Edited by Panu Poutvaara. CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES 62 (3): 426–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifv017.
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- Dumont, Michel, André Spithoven, and Peter Teirlinck. 2016. “Public Support for R&D and the Educational Mix of R&D Employees.” Ed by. Panu Poutvaara. CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES 62 (3): 426–452. doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifv017.
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- 1.Dumont M, Spithoven A, Teirlinck P. Public support for R&D and the educational mix of R&D employees. Poutvaara P, editor. CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES. 2016;62(3):426–52.
- IEEE
- [1]M. Dumont, A. Spithoven, and P. Teirlinck, “Public support for R&D and the educational mix of R&D employees,” CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 426–452, 2016.
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abstract = {{In this article we assess the impact of public support for R&D activities on the educational mix of R&D employees in private companies. Data on tax incentives in support of R&D activities of companies in Belgium are matched with R&D survey data to investigate changes in the share of R&D employees with a specific degree: PhD, higher education (second stage and first stage, respectively), and other qualifications. Estimations show that public support significantly raises the share of researchers holding a PhD. There are indications that researchers with a PhD substitute for R&D employees with lower degrees. We also show that controlling for the changes in the educational mix of R&D personnel lowers the estimates of the impact of public support on the wages of researchers.}},
author = {{Dumont, Michel and Spithoven, André and Teirlinck, Peter}},
editor = {{Poutvaara, Panu}},
issn = {{1610-241X}},
journal = {{CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES}},
keywords = {{tax incentives,O38,wages researchers,R&D,O32,H32,BIAS,LEVEL,WORKERS,DIVERSITY,INCENTIVES,PERFORMANCE,ORGANIZATIONS,MODELS,SUBSIDIES,educational mix,INNOVATION}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{426--452}},
title = {{Public support for R&D and the educational mix of R&D employees}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifv017}},
volume = {{62}},
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}
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