This paper studies the relationship between gender and occupational diversity in R&D teams and their capacity to generate patents. It is based on an extensive sample of 4,085 firms from the Spanish Community Innovation Survey over the 2004‒2014 period. Applying an exponential Poisson regression that controls for endogeneity through the generalised method of moments, the empirical results show that gender diversity has an ambiguous effect. Although it affects patents negatively, this impact is non-significant for patents with international protection. Patent generation is however positively affected by the diversity of categories in the R&D teams. Hence, the key question is not gender per se but rather the occupational status of the R&D teams.

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研发团队的性别、职业多样性和专利产生：对西班牙公司的应用

本文研究了研发团队中性别与职业多样性及其产生专利的能力之间的关系。它基于 2004-2014 年期间西班牙社区创新调查中 4,085 家公司的广泛样本。应用通过广义矩方法控制内生性的指数泊松回归，实证结果表明性别多样性具有模棱两可的影响。尽管它对专利产生负面影响，但这种影响对于具有国际保护的专利并不显着。然而，专利的产生受到研发团队类别多样性的积极影响。因此，关键问题不是性别本身，而是研发团队的职业地位。