工艺创新会抑制就业吗?——来自中国制造企业工艺专利的实证

Will Process Innovations Inhabit Employment?——Empirical Evidence from Process Patents in Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises

以中国制造行业159家上市公司2001-2012年的面板数据为样本,从专利数据中分离出工艺专利,实证研究中国制造企业工艺创新对就业的影响。结果显示,工艺创新在整体上具有积极的就业效应,对技术人员数量的促进作用高于对生产人员的促进作用,从而证实了工艺创新有助于扩大企业需求,促进就业。

Panel data are collected from 159 listed enterprises in five manufacturing industries during 2001 to 2012. This pa- per uses process patent separated from patent data as a proxy of process innovation to study the employment effect of process innovation. The empirical results of fixed effects regression confirm that process innovations can create jobs at whole. Furth study shows that process innovations have more positive effect on skilled workers than production employees. The conclusion confirms that process innovation will improve the demand of employees and promote employment.