Master Thesis Defense: Osman Serdar Aydın
The Effects of Process and Product Innovation on Employment Growth: Evidence from Turkey
Osman Serdar Aydın
Economics, MA Thesis, 2015
Thesis Jury
Esra Durceylan Kaygusuz(Thesis Supervisor), Mustafa Oğuz Afacan, Eray Yücel, Sadettin Haluk Çitçi(Substitute Jury)
Date &Time: July,28th 2015 – 14:00
Place: FASS 2034
Abstract
This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between innovation and
employment growth at the firm level. I separately analyze the effects of the process and product
innovations for Turkish manufacturing and service sectors. I cover three consecutive periods: 2006-
2008, 2008-2010 and 2010-2012. I use the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) which is collected by
Turkish Statistical Office (Turkstat). I use the structural framework developed by Harrison et al.
(2014). I find that product innovations increase employment growth, whereas process innovations do
not account for job destruction in the manufacturing sector, but are responsible for significant but
small job destruction during the period 2008-2010 and 2010-2012 in the service sector.