The nexus between labor diversity and firm's innovation

Pierpaolo Parrotta; Dario Pozzoli; Mariola Pytlikova

doi:10.1007/s00148-013-0491-7

The nexus between labor diversity and firm's innovation

Pierpaolo Parrotta, Dario Pozzoli, Mariola Pytlikova^*

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Institut for Økonomi

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation by using data on patent applications filed by firms at the European Patent Office and a linked employer-employee database from Denmark. Exploiting the information retrieved from these comprehensive data sets and implementing proper instrumental variable strategies, we estimate the contribution of workers' diversity in cultural background, education and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. Specifically, we find evidence supporting the hypothesis that ethnic diversity may facilitate firms' patenting activity in several ways by (a) increasing the propensity to (apply for a) patent, (b) increasing the overall number of patent applications, and (c) by enlarging the breadth of patenting technological fields, conditional on patenting. Several robustness checks corroborate the main findings.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Population Economics
Vol/bind	27
Nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	303-364
Antal sider	62
ISSN	0933-1433
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-013-0491-7
Status	Udgivet - 1 apr. 2014

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