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Modes of labor flexibility at firm level: Are there any implications for performance and innovation? Evidence for the Swiss economy

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The aim of this study is to define and measure numerical and functional labor flexibility at the firm level and investigate empirically the impact of each of these flexibility modes on performance and innovation measures as well as the interrelationship between them. Our estimation equation contains, besides the classical production factors labor and physical capital, information and communication technologies (ICT) capital, human capital, variables for flexible organizational practices as well as measures for numerical labor flexibility. The empirical investigation is based on data for about 1400 Swiss firms.

Source: Industrial and Corporate Change

DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth087

Author: Spyros Arvanitis

Institution: ETH Zurich

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Research Foundation