conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …

more likely to lower educational standards when an informal, more informative recruitment channel is used, so we conclude …

whether there are some productivity-enhancing externalities gained from this growing diversity within firms. In recent years … migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …

The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using … between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse … positive link between workplace union density and gender diversity in workplaces with a female majority. The findings in this …

In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … instrumental variable strategies, we are able to identify the contribution of workers' diversity in cultural background, education … in different technological areas (extensive margin). We find that ethnic diversity plays an important role in propelling …

Using a matched employer-employee data-set, we analyze how workforce diversity in terms of cultural background … the firms' production function (Ackerberg et al. 2006), we find that labor diversity in education significantly enhances a … firm's value added. Conversely, diversity in ethnicity and demographics induces negative effects on firm productivity …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … tax data. We calculate three distinct measures of diversity. We find that firms that employ fewer foreign workers are … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …

In this article, we estimate the structure of costs of hiring, terminating, and retiring employees in France. We use a …

France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate …