Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Artikel

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly available data. We find that firms with a higher share of older workers have significantly lower proportions of R&D outlays in total revenues and of R&D employment in total employment, whereas firms with a higher share of female employment seem to be more active in R&D.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal for Labour Market Research ; ISSN: 2510-5027 ; Volume: 47 ; Year: 2014 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 223-231 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Innovationsfähigkeit ; Beschäftigtenstruktur - Auswirkungen ; Altersstruktur ; Geschlechterverteilung ; produzierendes Gewerbe ; Forschungsaufwand ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; IAB-kombinierte Firmendaten ; IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pfeifer, Christian ; Wagner, Joachim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s12651-013-0137-y
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/178329
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET