Workforce diversity, productivity and wages in France: the role of managers vs. the proprietary structure of the firm

Andrea Garnero

No 15-039, Working Papers CEB from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages, and productivity–wage gaps in a sample of French firms using data from a comprehensive establishment-level survey (REPONSE) for 2011 matched with companies’ balance sheet data. Controlling for a wide set of workers’ and firms’ characteristics, findings suggest that age and gender diversity are negatively linked to firm’s productivity and wages while education diversity is positively linked. Contrary to some widespread beliefs, the paper finds no differential effect according to manager characteristics (gender, age, education and tenure) but some heterogeneity according to the type of proprietary structures of the firms.

Keywords: labour diversity; productivity; wages; management; firm ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 J24 J31 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 p.
Date: 2015-10-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-bec, nep-eff, nep-eur and nep-hrm
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