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.
Degree
Master 2-years
Other description
MSc in Economics
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Date
2023-10-10Author
Stierna Fernandez, Klas Torsten
Series/Report no.
2023:219
Language
eng