政府最低薪資政策對科技創新影響

Minimum Wage and Innovation

陳冠廷(Guan-Ting Chen)

指導教授 ： 陳彥行

國立臺灣大學/管理學院/財務金融學研究所/碩士(2015年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2015.00112

摘要

本文利用美國1979至2006年間 39,276間上市櫃公司為觀察值，討論各州最低薪資政策對科技創新的影響 。實證結果顯示，公司所在州別有越高勞動薪資政策，研發支出費用、申請專利數目及專利引用數目越多。尤其在勞動密集產業，實証結果更顯著。

關鍵字

最低薪資 ； 科技創新 ； 研發支出 ； 專利權 ； 專利引用

並列摘要

This study investigates the effects of minimum wage legislation on technological innovations. The observation consists of 39,276 public listed companies in the United States from 1979 to 2006. The empirical results indicate that a firm operating in a state with higher minimum wage rate has higher research and development expenditures, patent counts, and patent citations. These findings are stronger in labor-intensive industries.

並列關鍵字

Minimum wage ； Innovation ； R&D ； Patent ； Patent citation

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