UK Unionism and Innovative Activity: Some Cautionary Remarks on the Basis of a Simple Cross‐country Test
作者:
John T. Addison,
Joachim Wagner,
期刊:
British Journal of Industrial Relations
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 32,
issue 1
页码: 85-98
ISSN:0007-1080
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1994.tb01131.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Abstract: This paper offers a preliminary investigation of union impact on investment in intangible capital. We first report evidence on the raw correlation between union membership density and R&D intensity. This suggests that higher union density is associated with increased innovative activity among an important subset of British industry. Attention then shifts to a consideration of whether the ‘stylized facts’ are indicative of a causal relation or are instead an artefact produced by the concentration of unions in those sectors evincing greater scope for R&D. We offer a simple cross‐country test in which German R&D outlays serve as the benchmark or comparator. No support is adduced for the notion that unions cause highe
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