Cultural diversity and plant-level productivity

Arbeitspapier

Using comprehensive data for German establishments, we estimate plant-evel production functions to analyze if cultural diversity affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and in the aggregate labor force of the region where the plant is located. We find that a larger share of foreign workers . either in the establishment or in the region . does not affect productivity. However, there are spillovers associated with the degree of fractionalization of the group of foreigners into different nationalities. The aggregate level is, quantitatively, at least as important for productivity as the workforce composition inside the establishment.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86304-118-2
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 119

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: cultural diversity ; plant-level productivity ; knowledge spillovers

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Trax, Michaela ; Brunow, Stephan ; Suedekum, Jens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/88092
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