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Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...
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Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854242
conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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reflect increased diversity in productive skills and, to some extent, a higher rate of innovation. …
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'; ensure equality over time; raise the standard of candidates; reduce homophily to improve diversity of people and ideas; and …
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