Economic growth in the European Union: Exploring the role of innovation and gender

This paper aims to investigate the linkages between human capital and employment in high-tech sectors and their impacts on economic growth, considering the overall level of innovation in both the public and private sectors and exploring the role of gender. The analysis employs dynamic ordinary least...

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Main Authors: Coronel Vicente J., Díaz-Roldán Carmen
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2025-06-01
Series:Economics and Business Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917
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spelling doaj-art-4c29944a1ddd49a6a853cb75f7db163e2025-08-20T02:37:13ZengSciendoEconomics and Business Review2450-00972025-06-011129111710.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917Economic growth in the European Union: Exploring the role of innovation and genderCoronel Vicente J.0Díaz-Roldán Carmen1Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, 13071Ciudad Real, SpainUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, 13071Ciudad Real, SpainThis paper aims to investigate the linkages between human capital and employment in high-tech sectors and their impacts on economic growth, considering the overall level of innovation in both the public and private sectors and exploring the role of gender. The analysis employs dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) to estimate a model for the EU-27 across the period 2008–2021. The results indicate that employment in high-tech sectors is the variable that most contributes to economic growth in those countries that are leaders in innovation. However, in these countries, a positive and significant effect of the gender gap in employment is observed.https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917human capitalinnovationeconomic growthj24o32o47
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title Economic growth in the European Union: Exploring the role of innovation and gender
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