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

Authors

  • Vicente J. Coronel Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Ciudad Real, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-8635
  • Carmen Díaz-Roldán Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Ciudad Real, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-6487

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917

Keywords:

human capital, innovation, economic growth

Abstract

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 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.

JEL Classification

Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity (J24)
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D (O32)
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth • Aggregate Productivity • Cross-Country Output Convergence (O47)

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2025-07-01

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Coronel, V. J., & Díaz-Roldán, C. (2025). Economic growth in the European Union: Exploring the role of innovation and gender. Economics and Business Review, 11(2), 91-117. https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917

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