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 … and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. The latter is measured by: (1) the firm …

In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … firm's innovation outcomes. -- labor diversity ; ethnic diversity ; patenting activity ; extensive and intensive margins … instrumental variable strategies, we are able to identify the contribution of workers' diversity in cultural background, education …

from textual analysis, we document that women are under-cited relative to the quality of their patents. For the equivalent …

market participation through gender lens. Results show that women's education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work … therefore suggest that, women need to be educated above secondary level to become visible in the labour market …

In the last decades the US economy experienced a rise in female labor force participation, a reversal of the gender … education gap and a closing of the gender wage gap. Importantly, these changes occurred at a substantially different pace over … assumptions: (1) the demand for brain increases both within and across education groups; and (2) women have less brawn than men …

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 …

market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work … therefore suggest that, women need to be educated above secondary level to become visible in the labour market. …

inequality among women increased less strongly compared to regions with smaller increases. This is primarily driven by the lower …, however, do not contribute to a further closing of the gender wage gap. …

economically relevant distances among different countries of origin. The typical examples of such metrics are diversity indicators … origin into an aggregate firm-level diversity indicator, built on the United Nations Development Programme's Human … the majority of firms do not discriminate against foreigners. Yet, we find that firms with high diversity largely …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …