@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6973,
            	author={Parrotta, Pierpaolo and Pozzoli, Dario and Pytlikova, Mariola},
            	title={Does Labor Diversity Affect Firm Productivity?},
            	year={2012},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6973},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6973},
	abstract={Using a matched employer-employee data-set, we analyze how workforce diversity in terms of cultural background, education and demographic characteristics affects the productivity of firms in Denmark. Implementing a structural estimation of the firms' production function (Ackerberg et al. 2006), we find that labor diversity in education significantly enhances a firm's value added. Conversely, diversity in ethnicity and demographics induces negative effects on firm productivity. Therefore, the negative effects, which are derived from the communication and integration costs associated with a more culturally and demographically diverse workforce, seem to outweigh the positive effects of creativity and knowledge spillovers.},
	keywords={communication barriers;total factor productivity;skill complementarity;labor diversity},
            }