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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2014
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Authors: | Pfeifer, Christian ; Wagner, Joachim |
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Journal for Labour Market Research. - Heidelberg : Springer, ISSN 2510-5027. - Vol. 47.2014, 3, p. 223-231
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Publisher: |
Heidelberg : Springer |
Subject: | Innovationsfähigkeit | Beschäftigtenstruktur - Auswirkungen | Altersstruktur | Geschlechterverteilung | produzierendes Gewerbe | Forschungsaufwand | Forschung und Entwicklung | IAB-kombinierte Firmendaten | IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel |
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