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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment …. However, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097589
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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
employment status for older workers, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). In line with previous …, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098129
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Specific measures for older employees and late career employment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Fries, Jan; Göbel, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
We analyse the effects of specific measures for older employees (SMOE) on employment duration of workers aged 40 and … heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a positive effect of mixed-aged team work on employment duration and a … negative effect of a part-time scheme addressed at older workers. Employment duration does not appear to be related to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985622
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IT Training and Employability of Older Workers
Schleife, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between firm-provided IT training and the firm?s proportion of older 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097788
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Do Older Workers Lower IT-Enabled Productivity? Firm-Level Evidence from Germany
Bertschek, Irene; Meyer, Jenny - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms' ITenabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firmlevel data from German manufacturing and services industries. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098152
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IT is never too late for changes? Analysing the relationship between process innovation, IT and older workers
Bertschek, Irene; Meyer, Jenny - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
The paper analyses the relationship between two major challenges firms are faced to: using the potentials of information technologies (IT) as an enabler of process innovations on the one hand and an ageing workforce that might interfere these potentials on the other hand. Econometric results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646449
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Reformen im Niedriglohnsektor: Eine integrierte CGE-Mikrosimulationsstudie der Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte
Franz, Wolfgang; Guertzgen, Nicole; Schubert, Stefanie; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist die Quantifizierung der mit der Einführung des Arbeitslosengeldes II verbundenen Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte. Zusätzlich wird ein Reformszenario simuliert, welches die Anreizstruktur im Niedriglohnbereich verbessern soll. Methodisch wird ein...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098343
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Age and productivity: Sector differences?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the total impact of ageing will depend on the industrial structure of an economy. This paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323189
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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In this study, we investigate the effect of five specific human resource measures for old employees (SMOE) on their relative productivity. Despite the fact that SMOE are applied in the majority of establishments, this is the first representative study on the effectiveness of these measures. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694117
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Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects: Potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality
Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A common characteristic of all projects is the central importance of mutual neighborly support to meet the demand for the assistance of older residents. All projects share some...
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