Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
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in: Contemporary Economics, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 1, 31.03.2014, S. 25-46.
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T1 - Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits
T2 - Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2014/3/31
Y1 - 2014/3/31
N2 - This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm’s workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative correlation of age on firms’ profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower level of profitability in these firms.
AB - This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm’s workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative correlation of age on firms’ profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower level of profitability in these firms.
KW - Gender and Diversity
KW - Ageing
KW - Firm performance
KW - Gender
KW - Germany
KW - productivity
KW - Profitability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899138049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.129
DO - 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.129
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 8
SP - 25
EP - 46
JO - Contemporary Economics
JF - Contemporary Economics
SN - 2084-0845
IS - 1
ER -