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Does intergenerational mobility affect corporate innovation? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises

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  • Wang, Jinchao
  • Luo, Changfu
  • Dong, Yanfang
  • Guo, Chu-yu

Abstract

Integrating efficiency with dynamic fairness is crucial for advancing economic development. This study aims to enhance the analytical framework guiding firm behavior by introducing intergenerational mobility. Using data from Chinese listed enterprises, we empirically investigate the impact of intergenerational mobility on corporate innovation levels. The results show that higher regional intergenerational mobility promotes both quantity and quality of corporate innovation. Compensation incentive, Human capital allocation and social trust are identified as transmission mechanisms. Furthermore, the positive effect of high intergenerational mobility on innovation output is more pronounced in local private enterprises than in state-owned ones. Additionally, our study reveals that formal institutions have substitutive relationship with intergenerational mobility in affecting corporate innovation. These findings contribute to a nuanced theoretical understanding of opportunity equality at the micro-level and provide empirical evidence supporting China’s sustainable economic development.

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  • Wang, Jinchao & Luo, Changfu & Dong, Yanfang & Guo, Chu-yu, 2024. "Does intergenerational mobility affect corporate innovation? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 526-538.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:91:y:2024:i:c:p:526-538
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2024.01.030
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    Keywords

    Intergenerational mobility; Opportunity equality; Informal institutions; Corporate innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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