TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Böheim, René
AU  - Horvath, Thomas
AU  - Mayr, Karin
        TI  - Birthplace Diversity and Productivity Spill-overs in Firms
        PY  - 2014/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8463
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8463
        AB  - We determine workforce composition and wages in firms in the presence of productivity spill-overs between co-workers. In equilibrium, workers' wages depend on the production structure of firms, own group size, and aggregate workforce composition in the firm. We estimate the wage effects of workforce diversity and own group size by birthplace and the implied production structure in Austrian firms using a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set. In our data, we identify a positive effect of workforce diversity and a negative effect of own group size on wages, which suggest that workers of different birthplaces are complements in production on average.
        KW  - workforce composition
KW  - productivity spill-overs
KW  - worker group size
        ER  -