Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Artikel

This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative correlation of age on firms' profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower level of profitability in these firms.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Contemporary Economics ; ISSN: 2084-0845 ; Volume: 8 ; Year: 2014 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 25-46 ; Warsaw: Vizja Press & IT

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
• Thema: ageing ; firm performance ; gender ; productivity ; profitability ; Germany

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Pfeifer, Christian ; Wagner, Joachim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Vizja Press & IT
• (wo): Warsaw
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5709/ce.1897-9254.129
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/105413
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ