Employment Nondiscrimination Acts and Corporate Innovation
We show that U.S. state-level employment nondiscrimination acts (ENDAs)—laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—spur innovation. We find a significant increase in patents and patent citations for firms headquartered in states that have passed ENDAs relative...
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Main Authors: | Gao, Huasheng, Zhang, Wei |
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Other Authors: | Nanyang Business School |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81557 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43483 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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