Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
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.
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2012
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Authors: | Pfeifer, Christian ; Wagner, Joachim |
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Lüneburg : Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |
Subject: | Innovation | Industrielle Forschung | Ältere Arbeitskräfte | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Verarbeitendes Gewerbe | Altersgruppe | Geschlecht | Deutschland | Ageing | firm performance | gender | Germany | innovation | R&D |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 730873846 [GVK] hdl:10419/73146 [Handle] RePEc:lue:wpaper:256 [RePEc] |
Classification: | d22 ; D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; L25 - Firm Size and Performance |
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