ABSTRACT

Scholars and policy makers frame the debate on labour market polarisation by emphasising the role of key drivers such as international trade and of technological change. The present paper explores these themes from a different perspective and inquires whether de-routinisation has harmed local innovation capacity. Our empirical study builds on the literature on learning-by-doing and incremental innovation and focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) in US Metropolitan Statistical Areas over the period 1990–2012. Results provide support to the hypothesis that de-routinisation is associated with a generalised decline of local innovation performance, particularly in AMTs.

摘要

学者和政策制定者通过强调国际贸易和技术变革等关键驱动因素的作用来构建关于劳动力市场两极分化的辩论。本文从不同的角度探讨了这些主题，并探究去常规化是否损害了当地的创新能力。我们的实证研究建立在边干边学和渐进式创新的文献基础上，重点关注 1990 年至 2012 年期间美国大都市统计区的先进制造技术 (AMT)。结果支持了去常规化与本地创新绩效普遍下降相关的假设，特别是在 AMT 中。