Does it pay to be productive? The case of age groups
Using longitudinal matched employer-employee data for the period 1999-2006, we investigate the relationship between age, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm heterogeneity, endogeneity and state dependence) suggest that workers older than 49 are significantly less pro... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
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Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J14 / J24 / J31 / wages / productivity / aging / matched panel data / Altersgruppe / Ältere Arbeitskräfte / Arbeitsproduktivität / Lohn / Schätzung / Belgien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28897429 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55054 |