Economic growth in the European Union: Exploring the role of innovation and gender
Vicente J. Coronel
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias SocialesCiudad Real, Spain
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and Carmen Díaz-Roldán
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Departamento de Análisis Económico y Finanzas, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias SocialesCiudad Real, Spain
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Jul 08, 2025
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Published Online: Jul 08, 2025
Page range: 91 - 117
Received: Dec 04, 2024
Accepted: May 26, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1917
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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.