DOES INNOVATION REDUCE THE GENDER EMPLOYMENT GAP?- Evidence from EU member states, 1998 -2020

Abstract

This thesis evaluates wether a change in investment in Research and Development will decrease Gender employment gap of students with tertiary education.We use national level panal data,covering all countries in the European Union using a time period between 1998 to 2020.The result indicate that increase in research and development wil decrease the gender employment gap in the short term.This thesis gives empirical evidendence the effect of research and development has on gender employment gap.And provides a new line of research given that previous research just focus on the effect of Innovationon and Employment.