Is Workforce Diversity Good for Efficiency?
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Keywords
efficiency; labour diversity; concavity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2015-07-25 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-GRO-2015-07-25 (Economic Growth)
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