Authors
![Costas Meghir](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Costas%20Meghir.jpg?itok=_N-Qaly5)
Costas Meghir
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
John Van Reenen
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Annette Ryan
Suggested citation
C, Meghir and A, Ryan and J, Van Reenen. (1996). 'Job creation, technological innovation and adjustment costs' (1996)
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