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
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal for Labour Market Research |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 223-231 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 1614-3485 |
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Publication status | Published - 01.09.2014 |
- Gender and Diversity