Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

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This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly available data. We find that firms with a higher share of older workers have significantly lower proportions of R&D outlays in total revenues and of R&D employment in total employment, whereas firms with a higher share of female employment seem to be more active in R&D.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ErscheinungsortLüneburg
VerlagInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
Anzahl der Seiten13
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 2012

Bibliographische Notiz

Zugleich erschienen als No. 7050 in der Reihe IZA DP des Forschungsinstituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit im November 2012 und als No. 291 in der Reihe Electronic Working Paper Series des Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS) im Dezember 2012

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