previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a strong and negative relationship between the age of workers and …. However, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …

workers. Using data from the ZEW ICT survey of the years 2004 and 2007, the results show that a firm?s IT intensity plays a … crucial role: firms intensively using information technologies employ a significantly smaller proportion of older workers than … firms that are less IT-intensive. However, higher participation rates of older workers in IT training are related to a …

We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany …

employment status for older workers, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). In line with previous … research on the diffusion of new technologies, a strong and negative relationship between the age of workers and computer use …, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …

German manufacturing and services industries. We find that workers older than 49 are not significantly less productive than … prime age workers, whereas workers younger than 30 are significantly less productive than prime age workers. Older workers … between labour productivity and IT intensity is not affected by the proportion of older workers. …

sectors reveal that firms with a higher IT-intensity are more likely to introduce new or improved processes. Older workers are … harmful to the probability of process innovation based on IT. Leaving the negative relationship between older workers and the … probability to innovate unaffected, IT-specific training for older workers is conducive to the realisation of process innovations …

We analyse the effects of specific measures for older employees (SMOE) on employment duration of workers aged 40 and … negative effect of a part-time scheme addressed at older workers. Employment duration does not appear to be related to other …

production. With respect to labour market coordination, we discuss several wage-forming mechanisms and involuntary unemployment. …

The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market … has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply … to an increased relative skill demand which is not matched by the skill supply and therefore mis-match unemployment …