RT Journal Article
T1 Does the Location in Science and Technology Parks Foster the Employment Growth of Firms?
A1 Martins, Júlio Paulo da Silva
A1 Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús
A1 Rodeiro-Pazos, David
A1 Ríos Rodríguez, Raúl
K1 Science and technology parks 
K1 Employment growth 
K1 Location efects 
K1 Regional development 
K1 Dynamic panel data
AB One of the main objectives of science and technology parks (STPs) is to contribute to regional development through the creation of skilled jobs in the territory where they are located. However, despite the expansion of these infrastructures over the last decades and the governmental support they receive, there is very little empirical evidence on how these infrastructures affect the employment growth of the firms located there. The aim of this paper is to examine whether the location in STPs has positive effects on employment growth at the firm level. We analysed a sample of 553 Portuguese firms located on STPs and a control group of the same size of comparable firms located outside STPs, applying a dynamic panel data model methodology. The empirical evidence does not allow to prove that location in STPs has positive effects on employment growth, which raises the need to rethink the policies supporting these parks
PB Springer
SN 1868-7865
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-19
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31241
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31241
LA eng
NO J Knowl Econ (2023)
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026