dc.contributor.author | Karhunen, Hannu | |
dc.contributor.author | Huovari, Janne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-27T09:42:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-19T21:45:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Karhunen, H., & Huovari, J. (2015). R&D subsidies and productivity in SMEs. <i>Small Business Economics</i>, <i>45</i>(4), 805-823. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9658-9" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9658-9</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_24843343 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_66889 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/48484 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the effect of R&D subsidies on labour productivity. We use firm-level data on Finnish SMEs from 2000 to 2012 and apply a combined matching and difference-in-differences method to control for selection bias. We find no significant positive effect on labour productivity over the five-year period after a subsidy is granted. However, the results vary over time and indicate a 2–4 % negative effect on SMEs’ annual productivity growth one to 2 years after the subsidy year. Nevertheless, subsidies generate a positive employment effect and enhance firm survival. Additional scrutiny reveals that subsidies positively affect the human capital level of low-skill firms. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer US | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Small Business Economics | |
dc.subject.other | conditional difference-in-differences | |
dc.subject.other | research and development | |
dc.subject.other | SMEs | |
dc.subject.other | subsidies | |
dc.title | R&D subsidies and productivity in SMEs | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201601251273 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Kauppakorkeakoulu | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | School of Business and Economics | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Taloustiede | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Economics | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-01-25T13:15:02Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 805-823 | |
dc.relation.issn | 0921-898X | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 4 | |
dc.relation.volume | 45 | |
dc.type.version | acceptedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Springer. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.subject.yso | elinkeinopolitiikka | |
dc.subject.yso | tuottavuus | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3042 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p4259 | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1007/s11187-015-9658-9 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |