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The elusive effects of workplace diversity on innovation.
- Source :
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Papers in Regional Science . Mar2017 Supplement, Vol. 96, pS29-S49. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity at the workplace boosts innovation. Our longitudinal linked employer-employee data combines two innovation surveys, with Dutch administrative, tax and regional data. We analyse the determinants of a firm's product and process innovations with respect to the firm's internal resources, employee composition and regional agglomeration externalities. We reconfirm the findings of several other recent studies showing a positive partial correlation between innovation and cultural diversity in pooled cross-sectional data; in some cases even when accounting for reverse causation. However, no statistically significant traces of benefit for innovation from cultural diversity remain after introducing firm fixed effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10568190
- Volume :
- 96
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122099895
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12176