Arbeitspapier

Birthplace diversity and productivity spill-overs in firms

We determine workforce composition and wages in firms in the presence of productivity spill-overs between co-workers. In equilibrium, workers' wages depend on the production struc- ture of firms, own group size, and aggregate workforce composition in the firm. We estimate the wage effects of workforce diversity and own group size by birthplace and the implied pro- duction structure in Austrian firms using a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set. In our data, we identify a positive effect of workforce diversity and a negative effect of own group size on wages, which suggest that workers of different birthplaces are complements in production on average.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: NRN Working Paper, NRN: The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State ; No. 1410

Classification
Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Theory
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
International Migration
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Böheim, René
Horvath, Thomas
Mayr, Karin
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State
(where)
Linz
(when)
2014

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Böheim, René
  • Horvath, Thomas
  • Mayr, Karin
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State

Time of origin

  • 2014

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