dc.contributor |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia |
dc.contributor.author |
Teruel, Mercedes |
dc.contributor.author |
Segarra Blasco, Agustí, 1958- |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-03-23T15:23:49Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-03-23T15:23:49Z |
dc.date.created |
2018 |
dc.date.issued |
2018 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2072/307040 |
dc.format.extent |
35 p. |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2018-11 |
dc.rights |
L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
dc.source |
RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya) |
dc.subject.other |
Innovacions tecnològiques -- Direcció i administració |
dc.subject.other |
Patents d'invenció |
dc.subject.other |
Programes d'acció positiva -- Espanya |
dc.title |
Gender diversity, R&D teams and patents: An application to Spanish firms |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
dc.subject.udc |
33 - Economia |
dc.embargo.terms |
cap |
dc.rights.accessLevel |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.description.abstract |
Previous results show that gender diversity increases the probability that firms invest in R&D and engage in innovation. This paper explores the relationship between gender diversity of R&D departments and their capacity to patent. Based on the Spanish Community Innovation Survey between 2004 and 2014, we apply a two-step procedure in order to control for endogeneity. Although gender diversity affects OEPM patents negatively, its impact is non-significant for patents with international coverage (EPO, USPTO, or PCT). A relevant result is the fact that the generation of patents is positively affected by the diversity of categories in the R&D labs. Our results highlight that, gender diversity of R&D teams does not play a relevant impact on the capacity of the firm to register patents. However, the diversity according to the professional role in R&D teams exerts a positive influence. In sum, the key question is not the gender diversity per se but the gender diversity jointly with the professional status.
JEL Code: O30, O31, J16.
Keywords: gender diversity, patent generation |