Labor force diversity and firm survival

被引：16
作者：
Backman, Mikaela [1 ]
Kohlhase, Janet E. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Jonkoping Univ, Jonkoping Int Business Sch, Ctr Entrepreneurship & Spatial Econ CEnSE, POB 1026, SE-55111 Jonkoping, Sweden
[2] Univ Houston, Dept Econ, Houston, TX USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE | 2020年 / 60卷 / 05期
关键词：
cultural diversity; demographic diversity; educational diversity; employee diversity; firm survival; hazard model; labor force diversity; occupational diversity; CULTURAL-DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY; GENDER DIVERSITY; RACIAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC DIVERSITY; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; GROWTH; INNOVATION; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1111/jors.12488
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We analyze the influence that the diversity of individuals, both within a firm and in the region where the firm is located, has on firm survival. We estimate a hazard model using microdata for Swedish firms for the years 2002-2013. Results show that firm-specific diversity in education, age, and gender are positively associated with firm survival. However, firm-specific diversity by place of origin is negatively associated with firm survival. Yet the cultural diversity among the inhabitants in the region where the firm is located enhances firm survival. Magnitudes of the effects vary by region and industrial sector.
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页码：903 / 928
页数：26
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