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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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises. / Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2012. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 256).

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Pfeifer, C & Wagner, J 2012 'Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises' Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 256, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer, C., & Wagner, J. (2012). Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 256). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Pfeifer C, Wagner J. Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2012. (Working Paper Series in Economics; 256).

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